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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

defensive fight (battle)

1

the whole area; all areas

3

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

as (somebody) says

3

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

1

family a woman has married into

2

sooner or later; in time; eventually

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

1

dispute; argument; contention

1

Zen monk

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

how long; how far; how much

1

to resist

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

6

Hisamasa

1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

year before last

1

Oichinokata

1

to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

2

useless; vain; aimless; idle

3

to hurry; to rush

2

loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

1

clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

crossing a mountain pass

1

inevitably; certainly

2

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

if things permit; under certain circumstances

2

following a river

1

long spell of rain

1

to conspire (with); to prearrange

2

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

1

baton (of command); order; command; direction

2

to play for time; to use delaying tactics

1

time; hour; period; class

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

youngest sister

1

to lack

1

neighboring village; neighbouring village

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

2

next day

3

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

5

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

2

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

2