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Toshio

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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Naosuke

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

2

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

2

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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though; notwithstanding; although

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

decision; determination; resolution

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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mind and body

1

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

1

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

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relative; relation; kin

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one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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to talk together

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relation; relationship

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promotion; advancement; rising in rank

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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fourth court rank

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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only; nothing but

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

1

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

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after

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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to occur; to happen

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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a long time ago; in those days

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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people

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lump together; put all together

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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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without cause; without reason

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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