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dilemma; predicament

2

eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)

4

great victory; decisive victory; overwhelming victory; landslide victory

2

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

going north

1

massing (of troops); gathering

2

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

2

high spirits; boastful talk

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

1

to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

2

reconciliation; peace; rapprochement

2

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

1

dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing

1

break in the deadlock

1

desperate measure; last-ditch effort

1

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

1

new era; new period; new age; new epoch

1

to take (be in) charge of

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

1

pace; step; cadence

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

to weaken

1

woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women

1

rash courage

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

1

ability; performance; efficiency

1

Genryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)

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Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; Hokurikudō; highway running through the Hokuriku region

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

1

1,000; one thousand

2

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

4

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader

1

imperial proclamation

2

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

2

swift current; rapids

1

second step; hesitation

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

3

changing for the better

1

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

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