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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

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people

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virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

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nothing but; except; no more than

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord

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good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

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meaning; called; named; that says; that

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but; however; although

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

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another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

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Satsuma Domain

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

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agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

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to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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what kind of; what sort of; what

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situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

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to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

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by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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going to Kyoto; visiting Kyoto

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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intimate; close

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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mistress; kept woman; concubine

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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