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arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

3

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

under the influence of

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

4

to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

2

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

2

understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

2

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

4

dilapidated house; deserted house

2

hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty

3

obvious; evident; clear

1

to freeze to death; to die of cold

1

traces; evidence

4

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

9

flint; firestone

2

to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light

6

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

1

neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

2

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

to take a break

2

to become completely chilled

4

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

brilliant red; scarlet

1

how; in what way

1

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

5

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to run away and hide

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

2

folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

1

every place; various places

2

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

2

to keep an eye on; to take care of

1

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

1

the powers that be

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

rule over the whole country

3

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

3

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

1

ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

1

fateful; decisive (e.g. war)

1

western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

1

family lineage

2

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

for today; for the time being

2

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1