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touch; being involved in

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Kawanabe

3

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

establishing oneself in life; success in life

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

literary master

2

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

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humorous

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

2

Pacific War (1941-1945)

20

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

9

air-raid

6

to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

10

laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period)

16

to take root

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

4

opening; gap; dried and opened fish

1

pact; convention; agreement

16

minority group (party); minority

2

fundamental law; basic (organic) law

1

(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

2

lump together; put all together

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elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

Tanemune

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing

3

Chousokabe Motochika

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Chousokabe clan (samurai clan which controlled Tosa Province, now Kochi Prefecture)

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crime; offence; offense

7

falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency

1

system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

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Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

4

state law; state statute

2

in a quarrel, both parties are to blame

2

personal struggle

2

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

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hexagon

8

law; ban; prohibition; ordinance

17

(present) head of a family

5

Rokkaku Yoshikata

1

to observe the law

1

Imagawa Yoshimoto

3

unification of the whole country

10

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

4

traces; evidence

1

economic activity

5

to escape from; to get out

3

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1