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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

4

military forces; hosts; troops

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

three; 3

2

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

2

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

2

early

3

to escape; to run away

4

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

4

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

to lose one's life

2

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

4

younger sister

3

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

4

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

4

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

3

the ... in question

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

4

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

2

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

2

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to avenge oneself

1

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

5

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

3

complete lie; outright lie

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

3

to do someone in; to bump someone off

1

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

one's troops

3

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

5

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

4

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

2

a certain ...; some ...

2

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1