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to smile (at); to grin (at)

2

features; appearance

1

spirit; soul; ghost

1

daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy

13

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

remaining in obscurity

1

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

2

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

1

great swordsman; master fencer

8

biography; life story

2

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

duel; shoot-out

12

stopping just before

1

tactics; strategy

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

plan; policy

1

to be matched against (in a sports contest)

2

winning percentage

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

38

go player; playing go

1

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

2

surprise move

1

(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

2

shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

2

to live long; to survive

1

Meiji Restoration

1

disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot

1

(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

1

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

3

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity

1

start; beginning; first step; clue

2

mutation; change; transition

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

2

blood vessel; blood relationship

1

implicit agreement; tacit understanding

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

1

to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

3

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company

3

proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)

1

great disaster; calamity

2

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

2

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

3

to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)

2