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to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

2

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

frilly; fluttery

1

body hair

1

silver (color, colour)

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

4

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

2

enemy territory; hostile place

1

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

4

emergency

1

to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

2

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

1

hard-liners; diehards; hawks

2

Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)

3

suppression; subjugation

2

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

5

Oomura Masujirou

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

reading a book in turn

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing

1

a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous

1

flight; rout; debacle

1

(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

2

outbreak of war; starting a war

1

firearms; guns

1

bang; whump; boom

2

sound of a gun; roar of cannon

2

to burst open; to pop; to split

3

un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...

1

pond

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

2

hit (of a bullet, shell, etc.); impact

1

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

2

to go wrong; to turn for the worse

1

war situation; progress of a battle

5

quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

1

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

2

gunfire; fire

1

equilibrium; balance

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

3

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

4

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito

1

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

4

name change

1