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to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

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attendance; serving

4

sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

1

to get over; to forget

1

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

1

to serve; to do

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

1

(someone else's) child

4

to call out; to ask someone to come

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

1

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

2

stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

1

spy; secret agent

5

whereabouts

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Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

1

new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

1

to go around

4

nostalgia; homesickness

1

warm; mild; genial

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otherwise; or else; if not

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

real power

1

everybody

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

10

to prevent; to take precautions

1

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

2

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

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death from disease; death from illness

2

relative; relation

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heir; eldest son

4

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

3

however; having said that; but

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together with ...

3

woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

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guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

1