jpdb beta

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

1

Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

5

water well

7

(how) many times; (how) often

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

3

biwa (Japanese lute)

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

5

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

2

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

(as alike as) two peas in a pod

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.)

2

eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

1

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

3

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

2

be; is

3

final scene; the end; finale

1

aim

1

one party; one faction; one clique

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

2

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

2

effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

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Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

1

suppression; repression; subjugation

1

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

1

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

Houjou Ujimasa

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

1

uncle

1

going into battle; departure for the front

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

2

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

1

formidable enemy

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

noble; lofty

3

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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for this reason

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2