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duty; role; function

4

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

4

(historical) army base; navy base

1

general; shogun

6

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

8

Hidesato

2

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

descendant

1

descendant

1

inlet; bay

6

Australia

1

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

5

to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

10

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

10

open sea; Okinawa

2

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

3

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

4

bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan

1

bee; wasp; hornet

2

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

4

Hosokawa Tadaoki

3

general

2

poet (of tanka poems)

2

Yuusai

3

sincere; honest; faithful

1

gentle; mild-mannered

2

being unknown; not knowing; ignorance; foolishness

3

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

6

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

temper; disposition

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

5

foresight; wisdom; sagacity

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

11

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1

insight; power of observation

3

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

second

2

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

2

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

face to face

1

two by two; by twos; as a couple

1

candidate; applicant

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

3

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

5