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petty official

2

massing (of troops); gathering

2

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

3

person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

2

failure; mistake; blunder

2

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

4

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

2

circulation; dissemination

2

state resident; people of a state

1

panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic

1

to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

resistance

1

incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

2

guidance; leadership; leading the way

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

2

14; fourteen

1

one's son-in-law

1

assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding

1

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

2

court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

1

snail's pace; slow progress

2

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

2

courage; ardour; high spirits

1

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

2

camp gate; general

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

3

brandling (when used as fishing bait)

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

rather; sooner; preferably

2

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

2

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

1

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

1

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

2

to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

2

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

3

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

bravery; courage; heroism

2