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back gate

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

8

state secrets; secrets of the state

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

1

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

1

having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

1

to pin a crime on

5

person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

2

a certain ...

4

accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

4

human sacrifice; victim

3

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

8

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

4

one year and a half

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

3

fall; decrease (in income)

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

3

to disappear; to vanish

1

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

1

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

3

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

central government office; head office; this office

1

promotion; advancement

3

salary raise

1

to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

3

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

2

liquor tax; tax on alcohol

1

jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

3

hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood

1

bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS

2

personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment

2

irresponsibility

6

official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)

1

great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium

1

official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

21

water transportation

7

wheat field; barley field; cornfield

2

granary

2

(navigable) canal; waterway

2

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

3

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

2

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1

house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

5

method of construction

1

hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

2

ventilation; draft; airing

1