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rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

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account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

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Yoshitsune

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variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book

2

to get a big surprise; to be astonished

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episode; anecdote; vignette

2

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

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Cannes (France); Kann

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international film festival

1

Japanese film; Japanese painting

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

2

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

2

second (in a series)

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Grand Prix

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winning (a prize)

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Kinugasa Teinosuke (1896.1.1-1982.2.26)

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prison gate

2

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

1

Moritoo

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kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

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presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

2

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

3

how; in what way

1

one's own property; possessions

1

to kill

2

all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!

1

guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

1

under cover of night

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

thought to be; seen as

2

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

2

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

2

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

2

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

1

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

1

drawing paper

1

repentance; confession; penitence

1

to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

1

asceticism

1

to break; to smash

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

time; years

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