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to return; to come back

3

regret; repentance; remorse

1

to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

1

triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

1

to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

1

front; frontage; facade; main

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait

2

wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

Shimazu Yoshihisa

1

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

1

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

4

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

3

spot; point; place; position

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

3

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)

1

trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse

4

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

armed forces; military; troops

1

simple; plain

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

in this case

1

relief; rescue

1

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

underestimation; undervaluation

1

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

2

no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

1

insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen

1

common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open

1

further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

1

mother and child

1

for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

1

relative; relation; kin

1

miscalculation

1

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

tactician; strategist

1

having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily

1

to lure out; to entice out

1

lying down; down!; lie down!

1

all times and places; all ages and countries

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

to keep in mind; to memorize

1

extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed

1