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first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

2

court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

1

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

3

pasture; grazing land

7

Kute

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

3

your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

1

biographical sketch

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

in camp; at the front

3

to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare

1

rank of the emperor; imperial throne

1

permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

8

conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy

1

miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

bereavement

1

horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

2

Ohta Doukan (1432-1486)

1

martial arts

1

one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon

1

summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)

1

Sanada Yukimura

2

preparing to flee; being ready to run away

1

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

1

to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary

1

to be reliable

1

name change

6

two years later; year after next

1

as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain

1

Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597.10.9), Shougun 1568-1573

1

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

2

Yoshikage

2

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

1

Masakage

13

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

national highway

4

mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat

2

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

2

building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

3

construction work

1

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

2

amusement park

1

bullet (from a rifle)

3

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

1

capitulation (of fort)

2