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northern boundary

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

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army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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new; fresh; novel

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defense; defence; protection

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to be based in (a place)

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

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at that time; in those days

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rarely; seldom

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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tone

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intellectual

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body build; figure

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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farmer; peasant

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(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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Uesugi Kagekatsu

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Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619)

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Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)

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name; given name; first name

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attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

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intention; idea; inclination; wish

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

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thorough; exhaustive; complete

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

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talk; recital; narration; topic

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conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason

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facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

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