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てんしゅかく
天守閣
いしがき
石垣
きよまさ
清正
いって
一手
ちくぞう
築造
でありその
よんかしょ
四箇所
すみいし
隅石
には
めいせき
銘石
しよう
使用
たんとう
担当
した
かしん
家臣
きざ
んでいる

Kiyomasa alone built the stone wall of the castle tower. For the cornerstones, he used rocks on which he engraved the names of vassals in charge of (building those parts).
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Names
きよただ   Kiyotada   (unclassified given name)  
きよまさ   Kiyomasa   (unclassified given name)  
せいしょう   Seishou   (surname, unclassified given name)  
ちょんじょん   Chonjon   (unclassified given name)  
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Words
3
noun
castle tower; keep; donjon
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0
noun
stone wall
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1
noun
move (in game); method; single-handed; monopoly
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0
construction; building
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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0
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
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0
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
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1
vassal; retainer
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0
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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0 3
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
2. to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
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Kanji
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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シュ   ス   まも to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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カク    tower   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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かき hedge   
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セイ   ショウ   きよ clean, clear   きよめる purify   きよまる be purified   
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セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただ to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
チク   きず to construct, to make   
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ゾウ   つく to build, to produce   
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シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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カ    item; counter for months, places, provisions   
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ショ   ところ place   
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グウ   すみ corner, niche   
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メイ    inscription   
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使
シ   つか to use   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
タン   かつ to carry on the shoulder   にな to carry, bear   
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トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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