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cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to be popular

1

tone; manner of speaking

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

leading; guiding; commanding

1

body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air; stuffiness

1

to be main; to be principal; to be important

1

to join (a group)

1

Yūshirou

1

Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China)

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

5

Yūki

1

autumn moon; harvest moon

5

watching while standing (e.g. a play)

1

Sugiura

1

riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

1

Sankurou

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

1

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

24

established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

1

Ootemae

2

earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy

1

department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

2

command; lead; generalship; leadership

3

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

bitterish; bitter

1

many samurai; many gentlefolk

1

supreme command; direction over all

1

second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

2

centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)

2

Morokawa

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

pasture land; ranch

1

door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician

1

genus

1

Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)

1

Oyama (city)

1

hill; knoll

10

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

both days; two days

1

(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

1

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

3

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

1

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap

1

winning a war; victory

3