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begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

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hindrance; impediment

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse

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number; amount

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to increase; to grow

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appellation; designation; epithet; calling out (a name); calling (for)

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move

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kyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery

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the oldest; the earliest

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degenerate age; corrupt world

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martial arts; military arts; Bushido

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proclamation; dissemination; promulgation

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one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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things used in archery

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strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

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horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

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travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

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to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

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powerful family

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archery

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traveller; traveler

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arts and sciences; liberal arts

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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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Hidenobu

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descendant; scion

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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Bokuden

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner

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to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear

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to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

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Jion

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restoration; revival; resurgence

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naivete

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Shinto; Shintoism

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cooked rice

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

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power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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to pass away; to die

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predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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tactician; strategist

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Kōji era (1555.10.23-1558.2.28)

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