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to continue (going along some trend)

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

5

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

8

instructor

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

3

to entrust; to leave to a person

4

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

1

to order; to command; to appoint

5

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

2

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

to choose; to select

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

11

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

6

fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

21

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

12

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

22

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

4

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

8

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

6

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

4

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

4

touch; contact

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

6

to make an appearance; to show up

2

she; her; girlfriend

9

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

33

overthrow of the shogunate

1

important post; important office; key position

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

2

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

calming down; quieting down

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

3

buffer zone

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

4