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historical play; period drama

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

2

persecution; oppression

4

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

older brother

64

fortune; luck

1

feelings of guilt

4

mental; spiritual; emotional

3

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

4

martyr

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fame; reputation; renown

2

saint

1

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

2

signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move

1

businesslike; professional

1

dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)

1

rule; regulation

1

curse; spell; malediction

8

that's so, isn't it

5

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

27

was

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flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

2

resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

4

courtesy car (e.g. at a hotel)

1

performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

5

or; either ... or ...

2

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

1

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

the underworld

2

samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system

1

pre-war days; before the war

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

2

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

2

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

4

to pretend; to feign

2

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

4

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

1

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

2

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

2

royal (institution)

7

possession; ownership

1

area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits

1