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sandbank (in a river); sandbar

3

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

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

2

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

2

brave general; brave warrior; courageous general

2

needless to say

1

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

1

spare time; free time; leisure

7

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

1

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

4

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

1

distinguished services; meritorious deeds

1

Yoshikage

1

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

1

Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)

1

Sakuma Yasutsugu

1

long military service; having experienced many battles

3

playing house

1

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun

2

Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

1

travel; trip; journey

1

advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

19

fixed rule; usual way; usual method

1

small number; few; minority

1

effective; successful

1

to stop walking; to pause

2

mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

flight; rout; debacle

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows

3

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

(war) front

3

agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

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

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

6

's house; 's home

3

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

3

pedigree; genealogy

1

brigadier general; commodore

3

internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

2

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

1

conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

4

to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound

2

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

1