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subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

2

complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

1

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

2

gap; hole; confiscation of property (Edo period); punishment involving exile and expropriation (Edo period); estate lacking a feudal lord (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

1

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

6

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

1

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (for a politician); change of district

4

very big; very large; taking up a lot of space

1

bribery scandal

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

1

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

1

take up farming again

1

to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage

2

Kanbee

2

to be helpful; to be useful

2

mid-stream; middle course; middle class

2

Satoemon

5

worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker

2

having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage

1

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

4

conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant

1

to reform (oneself); to conduct oneself well

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

hence; for that reason

1

reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

2

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

2

heir; inheritor; successor

1

superintendent; supervisor; warden

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

temporary stay of a daimyo with his retainers and vassals in the Edo domain, under the Sankin-kōtai system during the Edo period

2

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

1

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

3

to keep a diary

1

top or preceding horizontal column

1

permanence; eternity

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

1

to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

1

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

commander; general; leader

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

Takeda Kōunsai (1803-1865)

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

guard; watchman

1

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

1

to catch a cold

1