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historical novel

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

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foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent

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same family (race, tribe)

2

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

3

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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outside a castle

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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excellence; genius

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Denshichi

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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to wound; to murder

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seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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Narikawa

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building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

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fire; conflagration

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

2

favourable wind; favorable wind

1

to begin to blow

3

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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after ages; posterity; future life; the next world

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

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economic blockade; embargo

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

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smuggling; contraband trade

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never ceasing; never ending

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control; management; supervision

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to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

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soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma

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to brand (cattle, etc.)

1

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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most numerous

1

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

1

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

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leaving; accepting

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

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giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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contract (for work); contracting; undertaking

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origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

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carpentry; woodworking; woodwork

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