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same country; same province; the (said) country

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one dance; one game (e.g. of shogi)

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Kaori

2

Ikenami

2

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

3

God bless me!; Good heavens!

2

major change; major transformation

1

culture

1

licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate

1

selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage

1

being without a name; being nameless; namelessness

1

to do over; to remake; to resume

1

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

1

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

unification of the whole country

1

Ouch!

1

complimentary ticket; invitation card; invitation ticket

1

merry voices (e.g. of children playing)

1

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

(apportioning) in small amounts

1

Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

3

(brute) force; using all one's might

2

report to the Emperor

1

old man; old geezer

8

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

English conversation; school for English conversation

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

6

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1

destructive; devastating

1

yellow

1

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

1

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

2

kabuki; Japanese classical drama

1

to bawl; to cry; to scream

2

disk

3

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

1

to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

1

white stone; white (go pieces)

2

gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

1

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

1

setting off (on a trip); departure

1

home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning

1

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

1

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

gold

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squadron

2

fortunes of war

1

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1