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strategy; artifice

2

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

2

in many cases

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

2

persecution; oppression

2

life; thread of life

1

human; humane

2

to shake off; to forsake

3

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

3

distinguished person

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

2

powerful person; influential person

1

palanquin; litter; bier; kago

1

looking or acting as if one owned the place

2

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

2

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

2

to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling

3

going to Kyoto; visiting Kyoto

1

3000; three thousand; many

2

bodyguard (of a noble or high-ranking official); guard; attendant; aide; statues of guards that flank the gate of a shrine

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

5

exorcism

6

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

1

to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding

1

painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

7

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill

1

to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

3

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

3

deathbed

1

infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

1

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

3

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

5

rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce

1

to leave one's seat

1

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

1

mysterious fish; strange fish

1

to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away

2

interest; fun; inspiration

1

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

1

to pierce; to penetrate

2

mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother

2

Shigehito

9

parent and child

1

to grow; to develop; to grow up

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

6

second place

1

Shigeto

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