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successor

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choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

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nothing but; none other than

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

1

convenient

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grey (gray)

2

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

5

authenticity; credibility

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

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interruption; interference; butting in

1

apology; excuse

2

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

3

treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.

2

father

3

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

2

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

1

deductive reasoning; deduction

1

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

political

1

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

2

my husband; one's family; family member

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

plural; multiple; several

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

to prevent; to take precautions

1

contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel

1

(political) purge

1

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

3

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

biological child; one's own child

1

Hideyori

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one and only; unique

2

generally

1

to make known

1

rival candidate; opposing candidate

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

such; like that; in that way

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