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daimyo not sworn to support Tokugawa before the battle of Sekigahara (1600)

to quiet

kindness begets kindness

company consisting of autonomous divisions

large front gate

random variable

fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste)

protection against wind

Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)

enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)

multi-level crossing (of roads to avoid intersection)

Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)

having a child from a former relationship (when remarrying)

cannot do a thing

to persuade

to depend on someone for food and lodging

day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

industrial engineering

environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development

dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times

the whole assembly

bashfulness before strangers

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise)

winning techniques where the opponent is thrown without close bodily contact

issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

inhabitants of the main island

managing to find a way (to raise money, make ends meet, etc.)

Mahayana Buddhism

scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture