jpdb beta

root; basis; foundation

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new style

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creation; founding; initiating

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

4

self-indulgent pleasure

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

1

state affairs; secrets

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

two years later; year after next

2

9th day of the month; nine days

3

beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

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Hōjō Masako (1157-1225)

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childhood name

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pataka (banner)

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Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)

2

bridge

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ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

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Yoriie

4

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

accumulating good deeds; doing good

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

2

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

blood relationship; blood relative

1

descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

2

the shogunate

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

3

embolism; intercalation

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

son-in-law; (one's) daughter's husband

1

government by the imperial court

2

before it happens; beforehand

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

maternal love

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to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

2

Hōjō Yoshitoki (1163-1224)

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round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

arrest; roundup

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

dying in a lost battle; falling in a lost cause

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

boy; juvenile; child

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injury; harm; danger

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regent to the shogunate

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