jpdb beta

there is nothing

2

wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

3

south

5

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

8

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

8

to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

1

old body; aged person; elderly person

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

3

stranger; outsider

1

successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

7

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

1

supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

8

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

3

meaning; significance; sense

5

even; but; however

4

hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

3

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

1

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

4

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

4

Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

1

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

1

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess

1

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

5

to say; to state

1

area under direct control (of the shogun)

2

perfect; complete

3

in the hand; (something) easily manipulated

2

first step

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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to be the case that

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

6

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

3

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

3

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

2

Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)

11

1,000; thousand

10

kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)

2

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

opinion; intention; thought

8