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forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

2

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

3

immediately following

1

brink; outer edge

2

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

1

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

2

barracks

4

betrayer

2

spy; secret agent

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

brave general; great soldier

3

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

1

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting

1

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

2

lodging house

1

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

1

from now on; hereafter

2

acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

5

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

1

to cut off (a relationship)

1

to do

1

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

1

slight wound; minor wound

1

or; or else

2

passing through without stopping; passing by

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

disturbing elements

3

to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

1

you; (arch.) your residence

3

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

(words to) that effect

1

while passing each other

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

2

step; stride; counter for steps

2