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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

raising an army

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going to Tokyo; going east

1

emergency measures

2

preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit

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Kumamoto Castle (in Kumamoto City)

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

2

enemy general

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long-standing ambition; one's heart's desire

3

to dam up (a stream); to dam

1

revival; restoration; resuscitation

2

conscription; draft system

1

disregarding; ignoring

1

feudal; feudalistic

1

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

1

to be born; to come into the world

4

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

2

feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

1

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

1

public feeling; state of things

1

scared; afraid; trembling with fear

1

unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...

1

place that is often written about in waka poetry; oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry

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Kugu

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

2

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

1

imperial capital

1

first place; first rank; units position (of a number)

1

Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); (arch.) wild rocambole (Allium grayi)

1

to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced

1

existing; living; extant

1

long

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(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak

1

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

2

mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.

1

(a person's) appearance; looks

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

3

coarse; rough

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

2

high brow; broad forehead

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

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facial features

1

unusual appearance; extraordinary countenance; striking features

1

mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

2

millstone; mortar

1

bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

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