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strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

5

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

9

part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

5

(crime of) treason

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2

to become misty; to become hazy

1

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

2

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick

10

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

4

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

3

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

3

huge rock; firmness; solidity

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

7

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

7

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

3

treacherous retainer

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

10

to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

13

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

3

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

1

to recall; to remember

1

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

1

(public) duty

2

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

2

immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official

1

to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day

7

political opponent

2

Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027)

1

head of a martial arts organization (organisation)

1

compassion; affection

1

exile; banishment; deportation

7

to teach tricks to

2

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

8

to take over; to hand over

10

stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion

1

to get; to be given

3

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

negative; minus

3

chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

5

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

2

several years; a few years

6

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

4

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

15

transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration

10

quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form

1