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to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

2

return; welcome home

5

killing time; staving off boredom

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

4

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

3

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

2

arbitration; intercession; mediation

4

to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

6

both; (not) either

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

older sister; elder sister

1

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

5

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

4

in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless

1

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

2

notice; attention; observation

1

wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury

3

to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

2

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

2

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

3

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

1

steadily

5

influence; power; might; influence (of stones)

4

recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival

3

Puyang (China)

7

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

100,000; hundred thousand

41

to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

4

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

1

thousands; several thousand

4

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

2

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

by the rules; in accordance with the regulations

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

4

appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

1

strongest

1

clear fall (weather); clear autumn

1

conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)

3

hegemony

18

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

4

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

2

great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy

2

tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

3

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

4

female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse

3