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secret; private; surreptitious

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inlet; bay

2

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

9

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

3

prostitute; harlot

4

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

4

to bring someone along

3

curtain; hanging; bunting

7

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

2

go (board game)

1

renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue

1

tea-tasting contest

1

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

3

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

2

prohibition; ban; embargo

1

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

2

speaking of ...; as for ...

1

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

1

nephew

3

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

2

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku

10

dice; die; baton (of command)

3

dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

1

uncle

1

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

3

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

7

both parties; both sides

1

(on the) verge of death

1

serious wound; serious injury

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

3

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

2

retainer; retinue; servant

5

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

2

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

1

disorder; chaos; confusion

1

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

13

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

8

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

2

armor and helmet (armour)

10

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

5

attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

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