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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

1

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

1

to hide; to conceal

5

urban legend

8

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

10

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

38

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

18

word; vocabulary

1

a certain ...

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

9

cache; place to hide something

7

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

5

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

7

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

8

bakufu; shogunate

4

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

3

buried gold; buried treasure

57

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

1

bloodless

1

capitulation (of fort)

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

new government; new administration

1

castle

4

safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

2

at times; occasionally

2

already; too late

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

1

was

8

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

public money

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

1

to take away; to carry away

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

1

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

9

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

5

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

3

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

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

12

to form a pair; to pair up

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

Nikko Tosho-gu

3

hint; suggestion

1