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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

4

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

9

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

3

flight; desertion; escape

1

offender; criminal

1

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

revenge

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

4

Sugiura Shigetake

1

Iwaya Sazanami (1870.7.4-1933.9.5)

1

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

to write a novel

2

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

2

Namiroku

2

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

Nagai

1

to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

3

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

5

earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware

2

handle; grip; knob

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

10,000; ten thousand

3

Oshikawa Shunrou

1

tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart

1

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

1

chivalry; gallantry; heroism

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

8

hero; great man

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

hometown; rural township (of China)

3

Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

3

only son

2

red-light district; pleasure quarters; love affair; romance

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

1

special pardon; (general) amnesty

8

amnesty; general pardon

1

in the same way

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1

official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

1

individual; one by one; separate; each

2

crime; offence; offense

5

second offense; second offence

2

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

2

taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration

1