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crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

2

without; but if; otherwise; or else

2

guarantee; security; assurance; warranty

1

they; them

6

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

fine; minute; detailed; meticulous; precise

1

research; study; investigation

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

3

sometimes

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run

3

to be infected; to be contagious

4

large army; huge force

1

war funds; war expenditures

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

to reach an impasse; to come to a standstill; to be deadlocked; to make no progress

1

traces; evidence

4

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

interested person; volunteer; supporter

2

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

leader (of an alliance); leading power

2

genius; prodigy; talented person

1

gloomy

1

pluralizing suffix

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

(a few) words; phrase; expression

1

this person; he; she

1

first meeting; first interview with

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

6

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

3

barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

1

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

5

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

3

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

1

talk; story; conversation

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

4

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

1

general; shogun

3

Iemochi

1

Yoshinobu

1

throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself

1

affectation; ostentation; vanity

1

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

3

common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open

3

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

2

tip of the lips

1

Japan

5