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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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precisely because

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

anguish

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

2

subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task

1

plants; medicinal herbs

2

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

2

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

1

crossroads; crossing; intersection; street

6

Masanobu

3

secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

4

(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting

2

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

2

Singapore

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

tough; strong; tenacious

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

1

colonial policy

1

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

to cure an illness; to cure a disease

1

living god; saintly person

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

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prisoner (of war); POW; captive

2

human flesh

2

sampling food; tasting; trying

2

leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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Yamashita Tomoyuki (1885.11.8-1946.2.23)

2

execution

7

perennial youth; eternal youth

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

8

to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

2

swelling (with fluid)

1

to put one's strength into

1

thumb; pollex

1

directly; in person; firsthand

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

2

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

2

middle of the night; dead of night

2

returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital

1

southern country; southern provinces; southern lands

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

6

to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

1

fine weather; splendid weather

2

sandy beach

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to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

famous; well-known

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inside the bay

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