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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

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prey; victim

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to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

1

future; distant future

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to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

3

outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly

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parent and child

2

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

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moderate; proper; just right

2

limit; bounds

1

attack; drive; advance; invasion

1

crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression

1

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife

1

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

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until now; so far; up to the present

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distant; remote; isolated

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

3

glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating

2

negligent; careless; (arch.) easygoing; (arch.) relaxed

1

sooner or later; in due time; in due course

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to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

2

august; beautiful

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Enuma

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hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

1

Buddha; high-ranked bodhisattva

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defense; defence

2

manor; villa

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

4

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

3

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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leader; authority; mainstay

6

arrangement; grouping

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serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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Sasa

4

distribution; allotment

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to distribute; to hand out

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

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Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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Fujitaka

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mulberry plantation

2

outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness

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provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

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item; article; clause; section; point

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