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existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

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racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious

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fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

2

ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding

1

banquet; dinner party

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minor feudal lord

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

at the meeting; on the occasion

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

question; query

3

old father

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

3

twice; again; second time

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

to answer; to reply

3

I; me

2

I; me

3

(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye

3

authority and force

3

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

7

Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

1

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

3

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

2

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

2

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

side; flank

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dagger; dirk

2

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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institutions bequeathed from the past

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

2

Meiji Restoration (1868)

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

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small stipend

1

light (e.g. colour, color)

1

quotation; abstract; selection; summary

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white Chinese phoenix; white Chinese firebird

1

party; set; gang; company; person

7

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

microscopic

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

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loser; defeated person; the defeated

1