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digression

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feudal lord; daimyo

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

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Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

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horseback; riding

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treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

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building

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deterioration; rot

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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filthy; dirty (looking); drab

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

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artifice; intrigue

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Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

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Heike family; Taira family

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sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

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tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)

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Shinra saburou

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lineage of eldest son

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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to expel; to drive out

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younger sister

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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mistress; kept woman; concubine

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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so-and-so; who?; which people?

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to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask

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taciturn

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incommunicative; taciturn

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unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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from the beginning

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corner; nook

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to push aside; to brush aside

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vocal sound; tone of voice

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