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close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)

6

Army Minister; Minister of War

4

grand chamberlain

12

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

1

formal dress

3

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

1

Sadafumi

1

Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC

1

government service; official position; civil service

1

appointment to office

3

definite; sure

2

very young; little; childish; immature

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

New Year

1

document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

3

appreciation; thanks; gratitude

1

national polity; National Athletic Meet

3

domestic affairs; internal administration

1

foreign policy; diplomatic affairs

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

informal; simplified

1

intimacy; closeness; close relative; pro- (e.g. pro-American)

1

fine weather during the rainy season

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

1

lawn; grass

1

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

8

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

1

mass resignation

1

multilayered; doubled

5

mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)

11

point of compromise; common ground

1

low table

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

2

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

2

for some years

2

war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument

2

bamboo spear

5

lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

2

cabinet minister

3

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

4

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

6

tank (military vehicle); chariot

9

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

Yang energy; spirit

2

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

1

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

2