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dark night

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sadness and gloom

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killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

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anecdote

4

comfort; consolation; diversion

2

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

scoundrel; ruffian; villain

1

Tokugawa Tadanaga (1606-1633.1.5)

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

Tadanaga

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rage; frenzy

1

rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

2

biological younger brother

1

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

6

Mitsukuni

51

violence; mayhem

2

impulse; impetus; urge

2

madness; insanity

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

annually; every year

1

enlargement; increase

2

strict observance (of rules, regulations, etc.); strict adherence; conscientious practice (of good habits, etc.); diligent execution (e.g. of duties); sticking to (e.g. a routine)

1

one third; a third part

1

to pour into (liquids); to pump into

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

9

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

3

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

Shunsui

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

6

surviving retainer

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

1

greasy; fatty; oily

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

1

smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

1

carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat

1

to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

1

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

1

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

2

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

wine

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

dairy products

2

beast; brute; animal

1

epicure; gourmet

1