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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

2

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

one's whole life

1

people

10

ancestor

2

slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

1

value; worth; merit

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

4

tradition; legend; folklore

1

overhear; happened to hear that

1

Imjin War (1592-1597)

1

France; French (language)

1

spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

1

commander; general; leader

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

1

jurisdiction

2

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

1

childhood; infancy

2

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

3

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

2

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

2

public debt; public bond; government securities

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

1

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

3

disembowelment; harakiri

1

falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

1

one's second wife

1

three sons; third son

1

degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption

1

crushing defeat

1

to grow; to develop; to grow up

2

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

2

(fine) art; the arts

1

gradually; day by day; every day; each day

1

future (usually near); prospects

2

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent

1

recently

1

rare

4

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

1

pain of sickness

1

morphine

1