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fully; thoroughly

1

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

1

wheat raising

1

seed; pit

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

technology exchange

1

shipbuilding

3

national defence; national defense

2

maritime; marine transportation

11

seamanship; (the art of) navigation

1

military superiority; military supremacy

1

technical cooperation

1

alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do

1

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

3

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

3

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

3

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

5

food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

2

extremely delighted

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

the greatest of the day

1

cub

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

1

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

6

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

4

cough; ahem

6

chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)

1

to take root; to strike

2

Heian period (794-1185)

5

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

2

writing vertically; vertical writing

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

5

fluent; flowing; elegant

2

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

archeologist; archaeologist

1

Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

1

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

1

rice field (usu. small)

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

1

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant

1

excellence; genius

2

Nobunaga

2

to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

1

discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon

1

concern; interest

2