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false charge; slander; defamation

2

afterglow

1

Morishige

2

both people

2

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

2

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

telling; stating

2

the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

6

should do; ought to do

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty

1

to provide; to supply; to furnish

1

Ministry of War (Tang-dynasty China)

1

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

1

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

3

to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)

1

Watari

2

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

1

spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person

1

axe; ax; hatchet

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

infirmities of old age

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

Shigetsuna

1

outer moat (of a castle)

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

1

the big two...; two major...; two main...

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

1

battle array; battle formation; battlefield

1

(eating or drinking) party

1

negotiation

1

New Year's Day

1

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

1

depending on; dependent on

1

bond; deed; contract

1

bringing; taking; carrying

1

gold leaf; beaten gold

1

tension; strain

1

crucifixion

1

cross (used in a crucifixion)

1

written seal; stylized signature

2

signature or written seal at the end of a document

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often

1