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stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

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disgrace; humiliation

2

defeated country

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

population of a fief

1

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

1

formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

3

means; way; measure

1

victorious nation

1

secret agreement

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

1

end; close

1

lengthening

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one's own country

1

treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

1

felony; serious crime

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

2

particularly; only; in the case of

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guard; watchman

2

knob; handle; catch; patron

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

even

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

in the morning; during the morning

1

to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

3

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

using as an intermediary; through

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as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early

2

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

inn town; post town; post-station town

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

punishment; penalty

4

children

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one's possessions; ownership

2

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

1

separate case; another matter

1

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

2

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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