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big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)

3

be; is

4

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

2

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

5

Koumon

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

23

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

35

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1700)

1

unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

4

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

group; mass

1

ten; 10

8

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

16

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

8

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

3

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

father

2

Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603-1661)

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

62

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

11

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

1

to come back

2

Yorifusa

3

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

10

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

15

pictorial map

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

8

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

19

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

3

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

1

be; is

3

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

I; me

16

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

11

magistrate's office

1

government official

1

to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

why; how

4

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

10