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abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things)

1

very great; enormous; serious

6

preparation; provision; guarding

2

Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

6

iron pot; kettle

8

drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley

4

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

56

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

11

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

3

Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

1

to build an embankment

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

60

Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

7

upper part; upper region; region above

6

inundation; overflow

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

4

depths of the earth

1

flood bypass; floodway; discharge channel; diversion channel

2

the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

1

outer wall (e.g. castle); outer block (enclosure); outline; contour

1

Ayasegawa

1

small and medium-sized rivers

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

1

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

pump

1

full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

1

(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

13

decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

1

woman writer; lady writer; authoress

2

large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

2

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

10

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

late Heian period

10

Fujiwara Takayoshi

1

Takayoshi

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

19

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

13

months and years

6

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

14

the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

7

Nagoya (city)

5

Tokugawa Art Museum

1

Setagayaku

1

The Gotoh Museum

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

2