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wristbone; carpus; carpal bone

1

to be arrested; to be put in bonds

1

Gennosuke

2

Kakunosuke

1

welcome (in shops, etc.)

1

Tadafusa

1

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

insufficiency; half ripe

1

secret notebook

1

feudal decree; edict by a daimyo

2

sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen

1

Genzui

1

joint authorship

1

Shinshichi

6

what action to take; what to do with oneself

1

the present

1

Kumakichi

2

bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

1

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

8

father of one's country; father of the nation

24

exemplar; model; example; pattern

7

Shingo

15

constable; method of catching criminals

1

I don't like it; I hate it

1

pacification; placating

2

each clan

1

junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet; course of things; turning point

1

anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation

1

old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word

1

Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

1

sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer

1

epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

1

prince; princess

2

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

3

strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

2

shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors

1

Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

2

Kyoto

1

one's regular inn; one's usual hotel

1

losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

7

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes

1

imprisonment; captive

1

Shinpachi

4

right now

3

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

to be hungry

2

overthrow of the shogunate

6

flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel

2

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1