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loud voice

2

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

6

sudden change; sudden turn

1

position

3

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

3

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

18

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

4

to spit out; to eject; to dump

3

to talk; to chat; to chatter

12

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

2

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

4

justice; fairness; impartiality

1

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

1

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

2

elite unit; elite troop

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

3

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

13

prison

13

nephew

2

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

3

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

9

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

1

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

16

prediction; estimation

3

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

employer

7

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

1

to spy out; to smell out

4

in the palace

8

be; is

7

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

2

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

3

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

3

Asanotakuminokami

5

Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)

3

(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

's; of; belonging to

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

7

bloodshed

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

1

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

2

etiquette; courtesy

3

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

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

3

eyebrow; eyebrows

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1