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platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit

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popular song

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indecision; vacillation

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old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

1

long

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soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

1

sleepy; drowsy

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cat

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

3

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

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facing south; southern exposure

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to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion

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all day; for a whole day

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(one's) youth; one's younger days

5

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils

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study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

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trade; commerce

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lineage; line; unification; all (of you)

2

art; the arts

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)

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

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Takahashi Sakuzaemon

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dry riverbed; river beach

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Watanabekazan

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Takano Chōei (1804-1850)

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farm; plantation

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economics

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mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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Satou Nobuhiro

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have to do; must; should; ought to

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

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if it is (the case that ...)

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

3

surely; certainly

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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

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to be able to do; to be capable of doing

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on the other hand (esp. when the latter is positive); on the contrary; in contrast; conversely; while

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English teacher

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diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

3

small number; few; minority

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the old feudal government; shogunate

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group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)

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open port; treaty port

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the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime

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