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7000; seven thousand

5

very; greatly; exceedingly

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

36

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

44

to respect

1

hesitation; hindrance; washroom

1

old man; old geezer

8

elderly handyman; elderly manservant

1

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

11

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

24

An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)

4

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

2

twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

1

sixty; 60

3

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

10

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

4

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

Okitsugu

115

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

5

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

3

full ability

1

rule; regulation

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

9

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

13

off-shoot; noble (family) sibling

1

commander; general; leader

4

special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

3

Takemoto

2

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

8

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

1

though; notwithstanding; although

21

biological child; one's own child

1

because; as; since

30

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

13

reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

4

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

3

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

4

legitimate; orthodox; traditional

2

fifth (interval)

1

Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

harbour; harbor; port

3

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

2

cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

5

Shunsui

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

5

(arch.) to carve; (arch.) to engrave; to publish; to author

2

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

1