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Legend

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

A Farewell to Arms (novel by Ernest Hemingway, 1929)

armed intervention

armed peace

basaltic

From the business practices of ex-samurai in the Meiji period

amateurish and haughty way of doing business

peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)

paragon of knighthood

samurai-house style (Kamakura period)

Proverb

a samurai never goes back on his word

Moral Rearmament; MRA

swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo

power politics

resolution authorizing the use of force

political weapon

the three Wuhan Cities

flower of chivalry (Bushido)

military officer attached to embassy

Organization name

Musashino University

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Bukouyawa (chronicle covering the Warring States to Momoyama periods, probably bogus)

Proverb

the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men

Proverb

a samurai never goes back on his word