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Yodoya Tatsugorou

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

3

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

red light district

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

3

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

6

monetary power

1

to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit

1

morality; moral principles

1

stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion

2

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

5

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

2

financial power; financial means; wealth

1

military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military

1

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

3

clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good

15

leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

5

in the palace

1

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

3

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

2

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

filial duties; devotion to one's parents

1

favor; favour; affection

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

2

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

1

upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

1

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

1

to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down

2

laws regulating expenditures; sumptuary edicts; thrift ordinance

1

random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

1

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

1

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

1

civil engineering and construction

1

to be extraordinary; to be exceptional; to go beyond the limit

1

disorder; confusion; chaos

3

notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious

1

that is to say; so that means

4

essence; quintessence; flower; glory

1

evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

6

self-conscious; self-aware

2

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)

7

Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

1

feudal system; feudalism

1

troubled times; turbulent times

1

authoritarianism

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1