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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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because; as; since

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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pride; boast

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Kōchi (city, prefecture)

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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to play a leading role; to play a central part

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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return to one's country

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land near a castle; castle town

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investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

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painter; artist

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lowly people (Edo period); eta

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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one's home; one's house

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lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory

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reading and writing

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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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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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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to finish; to graduate

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

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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another meeting; meeting again; reunion

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bakufu; shogunate

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important post; important office; key position

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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