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taboo; contraindication

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already proved

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guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

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to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

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to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)

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desperation; struggle to the death

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to grasp; to get

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loop line; (transportation) belt line

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Tamatsukuri Station

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in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

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younger scholar; future reference

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to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

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to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to)

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prickling; stinging; tingling

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historic; historical

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historic landmark; historic site; historic remains

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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refinement; narrowing-down

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

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military commander

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bronze statue

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master

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one's birthplace

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Hikone

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vassal; retainer

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hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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Ieyasu

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Osaka (city)

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forward castle (built apart from the main castle for strategic purposes); outlying castle; branch castle

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plait; braid

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Sanada Nobushige (1567-1615.6.3)

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large army

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to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away

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Matsushiro

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

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Gotou Matabee

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Mouri Katsunaga

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young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

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antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

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Sanada Yukimura

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turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

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to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight

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schedule; program; programme; itinerary

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Osaka Castle

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