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putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

killing; murder

3

hot-spring cure; taking the baths

1

Beppu

1

haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste

2

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

same mother

1

eldest brother

1

mother

10

older sister; elder sister

2

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

1

ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

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

Motonari

10

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

1

thoughtlessness; indiscretion

1

successorship

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

2

battle; game; bout

1

death in battle; death on the battlefield

1

late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

2

Mouri

20

old times; antiquity; former years

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

but; however; even though; even if

1

season; weather

1

Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

5

commander; general; leader

10

contending for victory; struggling for supremacy

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

1

Yoshitaka

2

puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute

1

Oouchi Yoshinaga

3

backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

2

murder of one's master; murderer of his master

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

6

person of high rank or income

8

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

Kamikawashima

2

as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell

1

prosperity

1

pleasure; fun; enjoyment

1

Silva; Sylva

17

ambassador

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