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accumulating good deeds; doing good

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

2

trouble; quarrel; dispute

2

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

to begin; to set about; to start

1

blood relationship; blood relative

1

descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

1

the shogunate

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

4

embolism; intercalation

2

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

one's son-in-law

1

government by the imperial court

2

to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

1

before it happens; previously

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maternal love

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

Yoshitoki

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

arrest; roundup

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

4

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

1

injury; harm; danger

1

regent to the shogunate

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

steadily

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

1

successive generations

3

retainer; retinue; servant

1

field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

1

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

8

powerful family; powerful clan

3

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

strategy; artifice

2

standard of revolt; banner of rebellion

1

han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

1

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

1

political

5

slaughter; massacre

2

to surround; to crowd around

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

6

dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

3

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1