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blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

1

to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)

1

(execution by) decapitation

3

gunpowder smoke

5

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

4

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste

2

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

9

eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

2

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

1

Chio (Chiwo)

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

4

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

10

personal feelings; self-interest

1

superb; outstanding

1

lamentable; regrettable

1

to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

1

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

5

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

10

Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty

2

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

3

each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent

4

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

2

to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

2

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

3

thread; yarn; string

3

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

to sew on

1

coffin; casket

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

3

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

4

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

crime

2

self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation

2

to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

1

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

heavy responsibility

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

2

(feeling of) shame

14

to apologize; to apologise

3

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage

6

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1