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Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

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Satake

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

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to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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vassal; retainer

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

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loan; debt; liability

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coralberry (Ardisia crenata)

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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interest; rights; concession

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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Osaka (city)

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wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

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to push aside; to brush aside

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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Kisogawa; Kiso River

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Ibigawa

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river management; river improvement; flood control

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construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

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tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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to be handed down from generation to generation

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...

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Kyoto

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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