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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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Rinsaiji

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founding a temple (on a hill-top)

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to become; to amount to

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establishment; foundation

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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ascetic monk; trainee monk

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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still; even now

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silence; stillness; quietness

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air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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(early) childhood

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education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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military aspect

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

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hostage

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Buddhist priest who is also an important politician

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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to; towards; for

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influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

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magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

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existence; being

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bakufu; shogunate

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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secret notebook

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search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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Gennosuke

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reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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