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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

3

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

2

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

3

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

hostage

4

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

4

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

3

Takechiyo

1

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

1

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

1

history

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

1

acceptance

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

1

thus

1

last night; yesterday evening

3

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

food

2

if it's the case

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

while moving; on the move

1

box-shaped (horse-drawn) carriage

4

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

(not so) much; (not) very

1

it is not (like that) either

4

with a start; with a jump

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

strong nation; powerful country

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

many children; large family

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1