jpdb beta

commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

2

dice; die; baton (of command)

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

conscience

1

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

1

most; best

1

offender; criminal

1

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

to rank with; to rank among

1

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

1

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

6

Japan

1

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

2

people; populace; masses

2

thought

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

7

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people

1

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

1

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

1

sincerity

2

sincere; earnest; serious

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

2

Hikokurou

1

stubborn and short-tempered

1

prudence; discretion; thought

4

crude

2

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); guandao; Chinese glaive

4

to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out

1

to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

4

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

evening sun; setting sun

2

storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

17

shed; barn; outhouse

1

gold dust

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

1

to not believe one's ears

1