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Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)

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(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

1

Narimasa

1

nose

5

Hirotsuna

1

Sawai

15

frequent; densely packed; thick

6

Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

1

Kaganoi

1

Shigemune

1

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

13

patriarch; family head

2

(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I

1

to point at

8

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

17

completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight

2

military

1

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

1

shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

19

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

3

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

4

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

4

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

8

curtain; hanging; bunting

2

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

2

moving; transferring

1

informal talk

1

a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours

2

cover; lid; cap

4

straw raincoat

5

making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

1

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

2

breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality

1

constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)

1

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

1

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

2

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

2

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

4

(a) few; some; several

2

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

1

lake

1

south

13

coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

5

gorge; ravine; canyon; glen

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

2

before long; even now

3

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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