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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

3

Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)

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weakest

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pennant; gold-brocade flag

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(war) front

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partial

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to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

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survival; survivor; relic

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Matasaburō

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to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

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astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

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Yodogawa

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face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence

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defeat; lost battle; defeated army

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to cheer up

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clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

3

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

to cast a sharp glance

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to be exhausted

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to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)

1

an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory

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reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

2

direct control; direct supervision

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preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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all times and places; all ages and countries

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specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

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optimism; taking an optimistic view

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redoing; doing over again

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encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

4

headache

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm

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military gains; war results; fruit of battle

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expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

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Monta

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to be based in (a place)

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open port; treaty port

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import; importation; introduction; afferent

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to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

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Obama

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

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place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess

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Kinai (the five provinces in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto)

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endurance; persistence

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agreed; settled

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