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live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

2

regular army

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

to do a meritorious deed

1

government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

revival; restoration; resuscitation

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

1

fame; distinction; rise; advancement

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

in large drops

1

to run away; to run off

1

going into battle; departure for the front

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

1

several tens

2

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

design

2

(as alike as) two peas in a pod

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

over one's shoulder

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

short (of a person)

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i"

1

proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level

1

spy; emissary

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

4

about this time

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

2

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

villager

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

2

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

5

fortunes of war

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prayer; supplication

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

2

townspeople

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