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Katakura

5

Kojuurou

1

Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

3

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

3

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

3

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

2

to doze (off)

2

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

to put one's strength into

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

to increase; to grow

3

highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable

1

ago; since; before; previous

1

punitive force

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

to take time

2

former lord

1

fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

2

empty lot; vacant plot of land

1

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1

parricide

1

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

3

to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do

1

obvious; undeniable

1

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

1

ultimatum

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

4

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

penal colony

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

5

commerce; trade

1

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

indigenous people; native people; aborigines

4

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

3

rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

1

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

1

woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)

1

the first ...; primary

1

development cost

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

2

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

indeed; really; truly; very much

2

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

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

3

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

2