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growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing

5

boss; chief; head

1

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

18

Mitsukuni

3

108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 microseasons of one year

1

again; once again; yet again

5

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

1

head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator

4

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

1

antipathy; prejudice

2

nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

1

chance; opportunity; occasion

6

to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear

1

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

1

unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)

3

snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

1

Ikeda Mitsumasa

1

collusion; conspiring

2

mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

1

Great Japan

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

Nankou

1

stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

1

to suck up to; to curry up to someone

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

to pretend; to feign

1

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

2

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

2

behavior; behaviour; conduct

1

inner citadel; core; center; centre

1

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

1

before long; even now

4

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

6

open; public; official; overt

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

2

feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

2

fury; flying into a rage; outrage

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

3

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

2

first half

1

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

5

ill will; malice; evil intent

1

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

3

being filled with; being full of; permeation

1

suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

rather; better

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

2

receiving an electric shock

1

murder; murderer

2