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surroundings; environs; circumference

2

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

1

act; deed; conduct

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

Japan

6

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

21

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

3

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

5

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs

1

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

3

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

2

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

11

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)

1

overthrow of the shogunate

2

the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor

2

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

8

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

1

to raise an army

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

68

secret information; intelligence

13

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

2

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

19

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

7

to spread; to be propagated

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

right under; directly below

1

100; hundred

1

fifty; 50

1

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

1

together; abreast; side-by-side

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

42

front; frontage; facade; main

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

3

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

3

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

5

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

7

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

2

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

2

military commander

10

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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