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large build; large pattern

2

physical strength; muscular strength

1

muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

13

brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

2

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

1

in that manner; like that

2

action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

2

defecation; excretion; bowel movement

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

3

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

5

relations; members of extended family

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

reliance; dependence

1

in succession; one by one

7

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

2

establishing oneself in life; success in life

1

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

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

1

Hideyoshi

1

to rely on

2

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

2

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

3

several years; a few years

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

2

knowledge; information

3

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

5

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

2

Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600; samurai)

1

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

1

gifted education; special education for gifted children

1

Fukushima (city, prefecture)

1

Katou Kiyomasa (1562-1611)

4

to name

1

lady; gentleman; person

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

true to one's name; living up to one's name

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

2

Kiyotake

1

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

very likely; very probable

4

education; training; discipline

1

very likely; very probable

1

age; era; period; date

1