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fist bump

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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inside the capital

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fist fight

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agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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falling prostrate

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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interruption; suspension; break

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Nogizaka

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

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adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

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residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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garments; attire

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

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dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

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Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

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coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat

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Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

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sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

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Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619)

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Yuuki

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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(person in) control

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from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

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in order; in turn; one by one

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wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

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about when; about what time; how soon

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the shogunate

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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edict; ordinance; proclamation

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every place; various places

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attending (upon); keeping another company

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Niwa Nagashige

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Tachibana Muneshige (1569?-1643.1.15)

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