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large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

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dough

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wherein; therein; thereinto

1

steam; vapour; vapor

6

government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

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Yaheiji

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earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug

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Magoichi

7

place; situation; position; location

6

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

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tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye

6

to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover

2

to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down

1

splash; plop

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

7

mining area; mine lot

1

house; dwelling; human habitation

4

Horio

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Mosuke

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chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

1

Kanbee

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Kamon

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special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

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cost price

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bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

3

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

2

type of astrology

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sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity

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Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)

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Nakadachi

2

brushwood; firewood

5

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

1

enemy castle; enemy fortress

1

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

dirt; filth; grime

3

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

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bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

2

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

1

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

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incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

2

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

4

nozzle; muzzle; gunpoint

2

frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

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ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

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polite; courteous; hospitable

2

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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