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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix

14

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

6

to say; to be called; to do

11

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

37

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

42

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

6

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

162

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

5

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

84

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

7

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

16

adds force or indicates command

6

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

3

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

1

already; too late

2

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

2

they; those guys

3

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

115

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

2

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

9

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

Usui Pass

3

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

119

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

178

aim

1

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

12

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

5

large army

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

8

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

6

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

20

in succession; one by one

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

36

obedience; submission; resignation

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

invasion

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

9

Kousetsu

2

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2