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return to secular life; secularization; secularisation

6

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

67

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

2

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

6

be; is

40

expression; phraseology

2

general; shogun

88

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

12

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

5

bilge water

1

second

1

hill road

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

2

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

10

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

8

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

9

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

1

weak; frail; fragile

1

politics; government

5

foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

18

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

myriad; countless things

1

counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

6

gold mine

2

silver mine

2

chief; main; principal; important

1

metropolis; large city

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

4

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

23

Nagoya (city)

1

area under direct control (of the shogun)

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

16

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

34

very; extremely; that is

6

powerful; strong

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

1

Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)

1

restoration; revival; resurgence

1

too much; excessively; too

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

Emperor of Japan

4

direct Imperial rule

3