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good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

5

hermit; wizard; wizardry

5

Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)

1

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

130

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

2

conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

78

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

splendid horse; promoted bishop

1

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

42

secret conference

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

84

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

infantry; infantryman; foot soldier

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

3

battalion commander

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

104

to be relieved of one's post

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

34

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

8

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

9

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

68

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

8

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

14

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

condition; state (of health); appearance

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

nursing (a patient)

1

effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

15

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

signs; omen; symptoms

1

to show; to display

2

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

5

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

overthrow of the shogunate

3

to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak

1

while; even though; despite

2

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

6

rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

2

great cause; moral law; justice

1

bakufu; shogunate

7

reform; reformation; reorganization

1