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great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

163

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

27

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

14

start; beginning; first step; clue

1

virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)

4

revolt; rebellion; war

33

eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

1

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

19

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

22

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

2

to go around

5

life; thread of life

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

7

Yamana Ujikiyo

1

eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

5

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

4

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

14

weakening

4

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess

6

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

19

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

20

weak person; the weak

3

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

5

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

25

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

8

Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597.10.9), Shougun 1568-1573

4

(presidential) message

13

random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

2

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

3

establishment; settlement

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

2

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

1

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

9

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

9

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

2

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

2

relative

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

7

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

5

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

3

to weaken

7

short-term

1

authority; power; influence

58

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

12

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

8

to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

2