jpdb beta

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

39

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

11

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

13

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

11

Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

3

Pacific Ocean

2

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

hereabouts; around here

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

4

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

4

sphere of influence

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

2

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

4

impossible

6

because; as; since

8

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

21

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

19

otherwise; or else; if not

1

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

1

plain; moor; prairie

8

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

29

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

1

I; me

83

for example; for instance; e.g.

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

9

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

42

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

1

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

6

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

15

another fief

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

3

hot

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

5

while; even though; despite

5

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

27

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

3

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

6

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

27

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

east

54

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

20

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

4

to turn towards; to point

4