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three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three

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fast pace; quick pace

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one room

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above the ceiling

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spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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if not ...; unless ...

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elderly nobleman

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way of calling

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(political) power; authority; influence

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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small fire

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gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

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to put out; to extinguish

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to be perturbed; to be agitated

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on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

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calm; composed; leisurely

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advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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mental derangement; madness; insanity

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incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

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to tell (somebody) to (do something)

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sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

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undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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policeman's rope

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(Edo-period) town magistrate

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forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

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absolute

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feudal era police rank

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concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

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to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

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to arrest; to capture; to seize

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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hood; kerchief

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right

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every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

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to arrest; to apprehend; (arch.) to call; (arch.) to summon

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bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

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to chastise; to punish; to discipline

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master; expert

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to come alive; to get going; to start to move

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striking with the back of the sword

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soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial

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