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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

2

decision; determination

13

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

4

7000; seven thousand

1

legitimate child

3

Gennosuke

14

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

2

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2

several years; a few years

1

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

early evening cloud; clouds at sunset

2

possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

2

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

2

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

1

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

1

strict; stern

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

polite; respectful; reverent

1

Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent

1

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

1

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print

1

monk; priest; boy

5

to hurry; to hasten

1

sound of rainfall

3

holy priest; saint

2

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

1

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

2

to get tired of waiting

1

to hide oneself

3

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

6

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

5

it's been a long time; long time no see

5

in good humor (humour)

1

Shigehisa

26

to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life

1

to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

9

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

8

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

3

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

6

14; fourteen

1