jpdb beta

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

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grudge; ill will; enmity

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

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living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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chief retainer; daimyo's minister

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wearing a sword

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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feudal lord; daimyo

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Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (1832-1868)

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to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by

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Tokugawa Nariaki (1800-1860)

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one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity

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keeping house; being confined to one's house

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

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oppression; suppression; pressure

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severe; fierce; stern

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)

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et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

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

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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severe punishment

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to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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a bit more; a bit longer

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girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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baby; infant

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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well done; good job

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

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congratulations

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one's mother

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grandchild

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to make an appearance

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near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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one year and a half

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after

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