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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

2

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

insufficient study

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

1

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

meanwhile; in the meantime

2

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

4

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

good bye; I'm off; see you later

2

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

1

green; greenery; verdure

2

plain; moor; prairie

4

pale; pallid; bluish-white

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

8

to get on a horse; to mount a horse

2

armor and helmet

10

(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

8

as far as the eye can see

1

open field; empty lot; plain

1

young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

1

night

2

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

1

very popular; highly favoured

2

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

1

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

17

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

5

to make an appearance

2

lord; master

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

beluga whale (Delphinapterus Leucas)

1

Furcas

30

giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

3

cone shape

1

lance

7

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

to cross swords (with)

1

chance; opportunity; occasion

2

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

8

to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

1

you; (arch.) your residence

5

to become pale; to turn pale

3

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

Cocytus (river in the Greek underworld); Kokytos

1

depths; deep part

1