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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

3

to obtain; to procure

2

rapidly

1

enlargement; increase

2

addition; increase; Canada

1

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

1

field of bamboo grass

1

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

2

extermination; annihilation

1

serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow

1

(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

1

Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

19

sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading

2

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

9

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

3

a long march

1

Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

8

white flag; truce flag; surrender flag

1

standing close together; bristling (with)

1

lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)

1

The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

2

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

mansion; residence

1

one; same (mind, path, etc.)

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

2

wave; ups and downs

1

Yoshinaka

1

Eizan

1

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

5

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

during a stay

1

Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

prospect; view; outlook

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

squalid; messy

1

to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)

2

mountain mass; massif

1

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

thin mist; light mist

1

to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear

6

disorder; confusion; chaos

4

to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

1

comrade; fellow

4

and yet; though; when; in spite of

4

(political) administration; political power

1

disloyalty; unfaithfulness

1