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San Francisco

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landscape photograph; landscape photography

1

Leland Stanford

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racehorse

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Stanford

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sprint; dash; scampering

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ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

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to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

legal fee

1

Napa

1

Palo Alto

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racecourse; race track

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spectator; sightseer; onlooker

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to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze

1

development (of film); photographic processing

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minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse); (lit.) horse's legs

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buffalo

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projector (film, slide, etc.)

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still image

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Philip Glass

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photographer

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murder case

4

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

2

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

2

one second

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-th (e.g. one fifth)

1

film

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exposure time

1

second (unit of time); arc second

2

several minutes; a few minutes

1

Isacs; Issacs

1

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

1

Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)

8

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

2

westernization; westernisation

1

chance (of success); odds

2

proud

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traditional; from ancient times; formerly

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Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

5

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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

4

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

4

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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Confucianism

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arithmetic

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martial arts

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feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism

1