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Chouso

4

word; remark; statement

1

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

1

excuse; pretext

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

dominion; territory; possession

3

cut; reduction; curtailment

3

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

1

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

seven

4

proximity of a monarch or lord

1

disloyal retainer; treacherous subject

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

peace

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

1

founding of a nation

2

meritorious retainer

1

Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)

1

emergency

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

2

important point; strategic position; key point

1

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)

1

next; secondly; subsequently

1

course of a river; land along a river

1

supply route; supply road; communications (military)

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

2

tactics; strategy

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

escapee; fugitive

1

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

north-west

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

south-east

2

diversionary tactics

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

1

massing (of troops); gathering

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

to escape

2

presenting to

2