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mere; simple; sheer

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Kenshin

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founder; originator; pioneer

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supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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under the ... administration; within the ... government

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shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

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win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins

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Council of Five Elders; committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age

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as one of

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prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

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Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600; samurai)

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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favour; favor; patronage

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

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to live long; to survive

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not knowing

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abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation

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the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

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to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

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life

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

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great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

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leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

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middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest

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rival; competitor; competition

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weakening; emaciation; decline

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sign; indication; omen; symptom

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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royalty (payment)

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monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

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powerful; strong; mighty

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overpower; subdue; keep down

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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confidence; trust; faith; credit

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notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

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commander

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to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

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to survive

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient

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reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

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harvesting; reaping

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mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

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in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

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discord; antagonism

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