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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

60

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

3

alteration; falsification; faking

9

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

arbitrary

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

2

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

1

posterity; future generations; future life

8

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

accident; emergency; calamity

10

secret

1

personal attendant; valet; maid

1

place name; toponym

1

red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)

1

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

2

number of years

2

previous king; late king; ancient virtuous king

4

slender face

1

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

1

hair (on the head)

1

bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white

1

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

1

small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

2

I; me

6

marsh; swamp; bog

1

exquisite skill; wonderful performance

1

age thirty; one's thirties

1

to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend

4

diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

2

treating someone like a child

1

magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity

1

bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

1

ceremony; celebration; law code; Sweden

4

medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

5

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

2

(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

1

to come back (to); to return to a starting point

1

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

2

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper

1

relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting

1

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

1

confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down

1

in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

1

to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew

1

bee; wasp; hornet

37

building a nest

2

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

to undertake a duty

1

private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file

1