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to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

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you (singular)

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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to come into being; to be born

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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one's long-cherished desire

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husband and wife; married couple

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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to explain; to reason

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each time it happens; at all such times

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matter; item; facts

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ending up right back where one started

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gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

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to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)

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to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

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in proportion to; just as much as

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maternal instinct

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immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

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decision; determination

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(amount of a samurai's) stipend

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salary (paid in rice to a samurai); stipend; making (someone) a retainer and granting a stipend

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person with a humble salary; person of a low condition

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small stipend

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Kamakura period (1185-1333)

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powerful family; powerful clan

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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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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conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

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time; pause; space; room

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Nagashige

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Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)

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military commander

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product; volume; area

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descendant

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distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)

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remote ancestor; forefather

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Kanmu Heishi

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Chiba (city, prefecture)

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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rating; ranking; grading; classification

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office and rank; an official rank

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territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

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stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation

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to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

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rank; ranking order; hierarchy

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formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me

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formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

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element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

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