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not only

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anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

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Nawa Nagatoshi

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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

4

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

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

1

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

2

Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

4

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

17

troubled times; turbulent times

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

3

having a prince for a president; being the recipient of (an imperial favor, favour); reverential acceptance

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

2

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

2

essentially nonexistent; virtually nil

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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Nobunaga

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Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

2

dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

instinct

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few days

2

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

5

idea; suggestion; plan

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

3

unrelated

2

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

3

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

2

battle; game; bout

1

great victory; crushing victory

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Ieyasu

4

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

3

Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

1

that year; same year; same age

2

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

2

sea; ocean; waters

2

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

3

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

2

large army; huge force

2

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

4

stationing (troops); occupancy

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special envoy

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