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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

4

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

money; cash

1

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

4

about; on; regarding; per; for every

1

grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation

4

to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude

1

flames; forefront of fire; flame tips

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

1

contemplation; meditation

2

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

2

spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor

6

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

4

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

8

well-cooked; well-done; browned

5

roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

9

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

41

of course; certainly; indeed

1

to put into effect; to put into practice

1

ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

1

lunch; midday meal

2

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

1

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

14

feel; touch

3

first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

1

rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous

6

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

3

deeply

1

greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades

1

class-B; B class; B grade; second rate

2

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

1

exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

3

merman; half man-half fish

10

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

6

place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)

3

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

2

Aoki Kon'you (1698-1769)

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Satsuma Domain

1

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

2

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

1

cultivation

5

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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Central and South America

2

place of origin; habitat

1

high ground; plateau; heights; highlands

1

seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach

3

depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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