jpdb beta

ahem; harrumph

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

even more; still more; further

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant

1

to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

2

tyrant

1

ocean

1

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

2

even; but; however

1

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

three; 3

2

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

second son

1

known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

2

aha!; yes sir

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean

2

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

1

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

6

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

3

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

1

to cut to pieces

1

pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

2

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

2

Yoshitsune

1

usual state of things

1

Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

2

Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

master swordsman

3

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

master; expert

1

Chiba (city, prefecture)

1

Shuusaku

1

silence; without sound

1

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

1

Matashirou

1

loser; defeated person; the defeated

3