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short spear; javelin

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Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

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samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation

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western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)

7

taking over a duty

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

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Tsunashige

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Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

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order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

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the shogunate

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complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

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disgust; dislike; loathing; abhorrence; hatred

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tendency; trend; inclination

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to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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Tsunanori

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

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to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

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struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

earnestly; repeatedly; patiently

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collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset

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three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three

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succession; successor

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concreteness; feasibility

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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increase; addition

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tremendous number

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grave (pit)

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himself; he himself

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king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

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Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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Koma

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total amount

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person of high rank or income

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blessing; grace

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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Nagamasa

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