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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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woman; girl

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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migration; move; emigration; immigration

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girls' school

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speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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future years; in (one's) later years

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going to the United States

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Bryn Mawr

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women's college; women's university

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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rice field

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study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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to teach; to take a teaching job

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opening a school

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pacifism

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Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito

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war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)

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prosecution; indictment; impeachment

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evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place

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Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)

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Nakatsugawa (city)

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medical scientist

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Institute of Infectious Diseases

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head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement

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to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

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second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince

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profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

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seventeen; 17

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Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)

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Odawara (city)

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agricultural administration

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hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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alcohol; sake

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smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)

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the breakup (dispersal) of a family

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working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

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revival; restoration; resuscitation

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one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship

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public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

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revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

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