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emperor (of Japan); mikado

4

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

44

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

19

royal castle; imperial castle

4

fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)

13

on the sea; surface of the sea

2

sky; air; mid-air

40

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

2

mountain stronghold

2

hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

2

to embrace each other

18

delight; great joy

5

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

4

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

13

to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

3

sanity; consciousness; soberness

9

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

5

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

hundreds

4

narrow victory

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

34

package

8

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

4

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

to laugh scornfully

3

one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

3

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

wasted money

2

second (in a series)

4

possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

19

deputy head teacher; vice principal

4

I can't go on like this

3

I agree with you; it is as (someone) says

5

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

18

loud shout; excited cheering

2

study; learning; tutorial

8

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

15

to leave something as it is

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

79

success; prosperity; boom

1

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

3

entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

5

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

5

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

2

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

3

to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

4

speaking voice; talking voice

9

reluctantly; unwillingly

6