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force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

2

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

regimental commander

1

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

1

battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

death in battle

3

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

winning a prize or place (in a contest)

1

second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign

1

now; come (now); well

1

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

1

just before

1

before long; even now

1

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

2

postwar

1

(not) a single person; (no) one

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

2

national; governmental

1

senior high school; high school

1

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

in many cases

2

step-up; advance; progress; increase

1

Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

1

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

1

Tokyo Imperial University

1

being very popular; being in great demand

1

secondary education

1

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

fame; distinction; rise; advancement

1

to have a long life; to live a long time

1

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

1

tomorrow; near future

1

to feel ashamed

1

wild chrysanthemum; aster

2

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

2

warhorse; army horse

2

glanders; farcy

1

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

2

previous writing; first of two books; previous letter

1

haiku magazine

1

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

1

front (in battle)

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

1