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Nobunaga

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splendid horse; promoted bishop

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

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unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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second half

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immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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rampancy; prevalence; domination

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Japan

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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survival; remaining; being extant; being left

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dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

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historic; historical

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empathy

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easy to make; easy to do

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historical fact

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truth is stranger than fiction

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tragic

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

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character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

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revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament

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battle

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stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

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Watchmen

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existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

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novel; (short) story

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to cap off; to culminate

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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Greek mythology

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English (language)

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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to become clear; to be made public

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within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

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word; language; speech

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Celt; Celtic person

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easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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language

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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Arthurian legend; legend of King Arthur

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based on; on the basis of

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Shitara

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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