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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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to face; to go towards; to head towards

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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breathing; respiration

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

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vomiting of blood

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heir; eldest son

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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village; hamlet; countryside; country

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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exposure of a severed head

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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name plate; name tag; label

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to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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to hold in one's mouth

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

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stately mansion

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side; beside; feature of a sword blade

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

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lord; master

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to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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to be silent; to say nothing

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to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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reason; cause; circumstances

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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new land; new world; new sphere of activity

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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stirring; rousing oneself

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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