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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

10

to go mad

3

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

13

design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause

6

vivid; clear; distinct

2

Chikatada

1

(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

1

Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

4

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

9

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

13

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

5

passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

6

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

3

ideal; ideals

1

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

8

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

3

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

6

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

2

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

furthermore; even more

3

life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened

1

peril; danger; hazard; distress

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

7

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

12

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

7

three sides; small offering stand

8

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

10

crushing defeat

6

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

17

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

4

flight; elopement

1

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

45

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

2

confrontation; showdown

4

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

3

danger; jeopardy; distress

1

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

5

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

5

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

5

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2

to survive; to live long

7

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

2

same root; same origin

2

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

2

always; constantly

8

adjoining each other

2

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

guidelines for action; personal principles

1