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small hill; low hill; hillock

1

castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle

2

castle on the plains

1

multistoried; multilayered

1

castle tower; keep; donjon

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

4

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

2

Kanbee

3

Mouri Terumoto

3

Ikeda Terumasa

1

inner moat; moat within the castle walls

2

hectare

2

square metre; square meter

2

coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side

2

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

2

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

3

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

4

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

2

outer wall

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

1

plaster; wall clay; wall mud

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.

4

to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

Okayama (city, prefecture)

4

contrast; comparison

2

reinforcement; strengthening

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

vertical; perpendicular

1

horizontal; level; even

1

to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

2

to fall into ruin; to be desolated

1

army colonel

1

opinion in writing; written opinion; argument

9

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

3

pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

1

Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period

3

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

4

fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory

1

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season

1

regular festival; annual festival

2

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

2

Masamine

3

land near a castle; castle town

15

division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

1

ceremonial dress

1