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death

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

7

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

7

inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative

1

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

3

Morinobu

1

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

5

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

9

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

3

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

10

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

2

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

3

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

3

Kuze

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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

Kuse

5

secret messenger

1

near; close; beside; third person

3

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

6

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

3

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

12

succession; inheritance

3

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

2

well; now; then

6

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

13

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

1

the ten good acts; the emperor

3

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

3

solely; entirely; only; or

3

to count; to enumerate

4

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

mechanism; organization; organisation

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

2

cabinet ministers

1

outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

7

princes; lords

2

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

1

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

3

patronage; protection

1

thin strip of bamboo

1

born of the same mother; kindred spirits

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

14

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

3

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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