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to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated

2

superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

1

inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim

3

surely

2

Yoshimune

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

1

normally; habitually

5

exhibition; show

1

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

1

possession; owning

4

rural cottage

1

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

favorite sword; cherished sword

3

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

2

substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

1

ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords

3

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

1

Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

2

Yasutsuna

2

friendship

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

husband

2

wearing (an insignia, sword, etc.)

1

smithing; blacksmith

1

Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

1

pull; patronage; tug; discount

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

2

Laleh

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wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

2

report; notification; registration

2

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

5

several years

1

baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

3

roadside

1

mature; becoming precocious

1

elderly priest

2

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

2

shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige

3

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

2

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

Kunimune

1

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

5

great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)

1

old sword

2

avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling

2

masterpiece

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