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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

4

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

1

battle; game; bout

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

3

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

3

shortcut

1

grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

2

opportunity; chance; time; occasion

2

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

prediction; estimation

1

plan; device; scheme; thoughts or suggestions about a law

1

taxes; taxation

1

trisection; dividing into three (parts)

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

2

army and navy

1

to bring back; to restore

1

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

1

garrison (in Meiji era)

5

adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority

1

boy; man; male

2

(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

both armies; both teams; both sides

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

1

military affairs; martial arts

1

to like; to prefer

6

talent and accomplishments; wisdom and works

1

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

2

to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

3

morals

1

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

2

training; education; cultivation; making pottery and casting metal

1

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

2

land and sea

1

supreme authority

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

1

to abridge; to shorten; to economize

1

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

2

to carry in one's pocket; to own; to take; to carry about

2

Nishigou

6

participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryō system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

5

oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge

2

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

6

reticence; taciturnity

1

Toshiaki

8

to quarrel; to dispute

2

martial spirit; military spirit; the spirit of true warriors

1

loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)

2

collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

2