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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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fighting to the bitter end; going down with the ship; (lit.) remaining in one's castle and fighting to the end

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future trouble

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root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

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to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

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could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

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person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man

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dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

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to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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seventeen; 17

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family lineage

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brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

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remote ancestor; forefather

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Emperor Seiwa; Seiwa Tenno (850-880 CE, reigning: 858-876 CE)

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imperial prince

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prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month

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descendant; scion

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family crest

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paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

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counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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Yoriyoshi

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Emperor Go-Reizei; Go-Reizei Tenno (1025-1068 CE, reigning: 1045-1068 CE)

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grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

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paulownia crest

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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Emperor Go-Hanazono; Go-Hanazono Tenno (1419-1470 CE, reigning: 1428-1464 CE)

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in-law; relative by marriage; relation by affinity

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eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)

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powerful family

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sudden death; unexpected death

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heir

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eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son

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heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)

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

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to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else

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Tsugaruya

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Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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third daughter

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Kikuko

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Tadashige

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