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offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

2

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

5

Water Monkey (9th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1932, 1992, 2052)

1

human nature; human heart; human spirit; public feeling; people's sentiments

1

Ooama

1

imperial prince

1

Kiso Yoshinaka

2

Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)

4

arriving in the capital

1

Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era

1

advanced level; high grade; senior

1

all; as much as possible

1

stony mountain

3

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

9

caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

5

two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

4

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

8

selection; choice; picking out

1

plank of a bridge; bridge plank

2

withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

4

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer; abatis

2

long spear; pike

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

4

palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

4

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

2

fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features

1

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

3

money

1

emperor's meal

4

driftwood

2

warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-

2

(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

1

usual state of things

2

autumn; fall

10

eleventh day of the month; eleven days

2

every day

2

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

due to the fact that; because of

2

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

1

long-distance arrow (archery)

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

4

front; frontage; facade; main

2

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)

5

yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

1