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professional storyteller

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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summer

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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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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two; 2

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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stay; sojourn

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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to; towards; for

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on the way back; returning

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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be; is

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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army corps; corps

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just one person; only one

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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Sanada Yukimura

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

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stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

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work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

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Sarutobisasuke

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be; is

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warrior; samurai

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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ah; oh; hey!

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first generation; founder

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paying an unannounced visit; rudeness

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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Ieyasu

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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