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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

3

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

2

in a good mood; cheerful

1

example; illustration; precedent

1

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

1

(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure

2

company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

2

stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage

2

melody; tune

4

secret story; unknown episode

1

accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won

1

(guarantee of) security

2

Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

2

shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

3

Ieyasu

2

Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709.8.8-1716.6.19), Shougun 1712-1716

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premature death

1

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

1

three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three

2

Ietsugu

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

1

the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

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historical play; period drama

4

Yoshimune

2

mud; mad; crazy; ridiculous

1

to go underground; to go into hiding

3

to leap over

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

1

to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

to appear on the stage

1

blast; puff; whiff; gust

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

melody; tune

2

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

1

high waves; heavy seas

1

small boat

3

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

heavy thunder

2

guqin (Chinese seven-string zither)

6

bridge of a koto

3

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

1

single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; with one's heart and soul

1

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

to differ (in); to have different ...; to be different (in terms of ...)

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

Sean

1

to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out

1

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng

2