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post; official position; managerial position; executive position

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successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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lineage; pedigree; good family

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to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

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outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group

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rule; government

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to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

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custom; practice; convention; precedent

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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capable; able; talented; promising

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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appointment; assignment; promotion

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to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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who

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

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open; public; official; overt

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to consult (somebody); to talk something over

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rational; logical; coherent

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to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

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I see; that's right; indeed

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

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to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

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vassal; retainer

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to say; to be called; to do

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

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successor; heir; heiress

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backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

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in order to do; for the purpose of doing

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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Imperial Guards

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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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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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imperial decree; imperial edict

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to do

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help; assistance; service

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emphasizes direct object of action

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

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