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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

15

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

2

morning sun

1

Yoshinaka

4

unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

2

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

10

another method; another problem

2

to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge

1

cunning man; crook

1

dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

1

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

5

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

10

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

4

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

25

rice ball

13

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

8

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

11

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

15

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

1

straw

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

21

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

3

so; like this; in this way

1

don't you think?; indicates question

5

gland

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

21

spell; curse; dharani; mantra

2

dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

14

the four seasons

4

God; god; ace; king; superior person

14

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

2

periodic thinning (e.g. forest)

1

reproachful; hateful; bitter

3

during

1

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

grain; cereal; corn

1

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

2

taking in; harvesting

1

(United States of) America; USA

12

stored rice

1

shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

1

all (there is); as long as there is

4

relief; aid; assistance; rescue

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

6

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

prime of one's working life

1

youth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)

1