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かめいs 【亀龜瓶 || 井居位】

【瓶】びん bottle, かめ earthen pot

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幕  まく  theatre curtain

幕府 ばくふ shogunate

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Took me a second to realize 「それ自体」is a set phrase... Curious about the grammar behind  「〜ていたからである」- I'm connecting it to the "This was because..." portion of the translation, but I get the impression it's more common in a literary context...

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