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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

3

battering ram

2

otherwise; or else; if not

2

cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

1

(on) horseback; riding a horse

2

superior officer

2

prisoner (of war); POW; captive

1

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

1

young warrior

2

Fukushima (city, prefecture)

2

peerless; unequaled; unequalled

2

on top of a saddle

1

Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)

1

to thrust down; to push off

2

storm; windstorm; gale

2

to wield a spear

1

voice; cry; shout

1

common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank

3

vertical; perpendicular

2

jump; leap; skip; bound

3

to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

3

to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut

1

right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field; right fielder; right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)

2

battle formation; military formation

2

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

1

silver; silver coin; silver (color)

9

something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation

1

charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

5

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

2

borrowing something already borrowed

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

this; our; right; justice; checking account

1

soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

2

loyalty; devotion

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

Hideyori

1

having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

1

nephew

3

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor

3

decapitation; decapitated head

1

less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)

1

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

2

secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair

1

Yashirou

1

sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)

1

baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

1

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

1