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state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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non-Tokugawa daimyo

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pressure; oppression; suppression

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

2

family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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Kiyomori

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history of Japan; Japanese history

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Sasaki Takatsuna (?-1214)

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

2

stone bridge

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battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

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to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire

1

half a kuni (province)

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Sasaki

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Buddhism; priesthood

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Noriyori

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

3

desperate effort

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loyal retainer; loyal subject

2

how much (long, far)

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one defeat

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Europe

2

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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storm; windstorm; gale

2

wave; ups and downs

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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general; shogun

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Nitta Yoshisada (1301-1338.8.17)

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Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)

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camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

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wisdom and courage

3

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

2

10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad

4

society; company; the public; the world

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someone; somebody

3

finger; toe; digit

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

4

to count; to enumerate

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size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

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