jpdb beta

to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

3

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

1

youth; young man

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

weave; weaving; woven item

1

brilliant; bright; glorious

2

to be satisfied

2

last year

4

confuting; arguing down

1

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

1

swindling

2

using the strongest words possible

4

to cry against; to denounce publicly

2

ill-mannered; overbearing

2

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

4

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place

9

the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone

1

indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

1

low-rank person; menial

1

like; as if; the same as

2

after all

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

2

conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition

3

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

1

prize; award

1

is it not so?

1

ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

2

cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person

1

male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

solely; entirely; only; or

2

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

18

severing of connections or relations

1

standard of revolt; banner of rebellion

2

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

6

light; faint; pale; fleeting

5

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

strong; hard; manly

2