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Zen temple

2

large amount of money; great cost

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war clouds; threat of war

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wing

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

2

no matter what it is; in every case

1

enmity; antagonism; hostility

1

generations; ages; years

1

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

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(religious) denomination; sect

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

1

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

1

fortress; stronghold; citadel

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

everywhere; at every turn

2

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

2

compression; condensation; constriction; compaction

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

2

tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

2

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

3

reinforcement

6

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

7

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

1

imperial command; royal command

1

last year

9

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

(not so) much; (not) very

2

veteran; reservist; ex-soldier

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garrison (in Meiji era)

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

2

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

3

archer; shooter; bowman

1

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

distant; remote; isolated

1

multi-

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Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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Miyagi (prefecture)

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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Iwakiri Station

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2.44 miles

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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

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salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

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Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)

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