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second month of the lunar calendar

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Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

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desert

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lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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one room

4

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

7

to live; to reside; to inhabit

3

person

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iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

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silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

2

third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

2

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

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way; route

2

Shinto shrine

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

7

Tsuruga

2

camouflage; disguise

2

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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fourth month of the lunar calendar

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Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

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holy war; crusade

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two; 2

9

naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata

2

duel; shoot-out

1

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

4

Japan

3

strongest

3

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

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brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

4

voiced consonant in Japanese

1

harbour

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stronghold; citadel; headquarters

2

pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter

3

personal combat; one-to-one fight

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

difficult; hard

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sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)

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class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

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calamity; disaster; misfortune

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designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

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