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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

2

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

birdcage

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

3

falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

4

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

3

writing; composition; essay; sentence

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

20

feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person

1

widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

intelligence

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

3

address; destination

1

who

1

to address

1

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

2

however

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks

1

exception

2

great person; eminent figure

2

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

3

Kikkawa Motoharu

2

point in common; common feature

2

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

anecdote

2

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

6

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

7

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

1

great commander; famous commander

4

pockmark

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

4

wife

1

(one's parents') home

1

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

1

to make one feel grateful

1

prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

the latter

1

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

devoted husband

1