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Nekohachi

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(imperial) reign; period

3

vocal mimicry

1

emphasizes direct object of action

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

14

low kick (e.g. in fighting)

6

shin; shank; lower leg

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

7

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

1

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

2

Tsunenori

2

mausoleum

2

posthumous Buddhist name

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in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

graveyard

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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646.2.23-1709.2.19), Shougun 1680-1709

14

the fifth

2

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

social status; social position

2

mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

absolute authority or power (over someone or something)

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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joint together; opposite; facing

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

2

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

spontaneous; voluntary

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

combination; pair; duo

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manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

2

against the rules

1

comedian; comic

1

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

2

top; summit; vertex

3

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

1

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

3

feeble joke; bad pun

2

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

1

execution; punishment; spanking

1

bone fracture

1