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direct Imperial rule

2

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

3

destruction; collapse; crumbling

2

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

1

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

at least

1

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

5

return; coming back

2

straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

1

roof

3

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

5

beam; joist

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

5

dilapidated house; deserted house

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

old woman

1

husband and wife; married couple

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

2

thunder; god of thunder

3

summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

4

white clouds

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

1

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

1

I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity

2

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

12

the last

1

for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

2

to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

2

if it is (the case that ...)

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

2

Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

2

personal grudge

1

without; unless; have to do

1

to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)

5

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

value; worth; merit

4

form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

1

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1