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to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

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decapitation

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sword; blade; single stroke

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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master; expert

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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to; towards; for

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

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Ishū; Iga Province

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shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

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to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

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to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

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to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!

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for work; in a manner related to work

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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true character; real nature

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to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

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person

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stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

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to accept; to receive; to agree

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to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

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