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geographic

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importance; gravity

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

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ambition; aspiration

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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puniness; youth

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influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

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self-imposed challenge (e.g. speedrun, 100% completion, no deaths)

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player

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)

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prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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a few years later

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government; administration

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(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary

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counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

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adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

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elementary and middle schools

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one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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to take the bus

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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hometown; rural township (of China)

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stopping one night

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

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struggle (for); scramble; contest

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(measuring) ruler

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battle

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departure

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

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evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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murder case

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

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shut up!; be quiet!

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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