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Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),

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Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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the reason is that ...; because

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age of a tree

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to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan

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tourist

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inbound; inbound tourism

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behaviour; behavior; conduct

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hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)

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to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

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weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs

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white clouds

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

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social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

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to break the seal

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dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)

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privately; with outsiders barred; en famille

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to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

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one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

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long slits (esp. of eyes)

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in large quantities

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claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

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I; we

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within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

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gender equality

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opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad

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popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

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organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion

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Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

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to be fated; to be linked by fate

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back

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meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)

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judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

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black market

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pillage; plunder

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grey; gray

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territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

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very bottom; rock bottom

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to thrust down; to push off

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matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

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judge; judiciary

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