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beheading; decapitation

5

killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

4

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

3

medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

1

foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity

4

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

4

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

6

alternately; by turns

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

12

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

7

limit; restriction

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

9

to wait upon; to serve

9

Sasaki

2

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

5

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

2

formal

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

succession; accession; inheritance

3

skirmisher

1

twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days

8

auspicious sign; good omen

3

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); to marry off; to exile

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

1

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

2

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

5

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

(arch.) wild boar; infant wild boar; pig

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

2

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

1

breeding; raising

1

homecoming; returning home

1

agony; anguish

3

animal flesh

1

right lobe

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

4

lineal descendant

1

to smoke (tobacco)

1

but; however; provided that

1

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

3

opening ceremony

3

northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

3

the four seasons

8

every year; yearly; annually

4

each (every) time; whenever

4

this year

7

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

silent

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