jpdb beta

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

12

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

1

Japan

6

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

4

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

5

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

4

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

5

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

2

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

3

to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

2

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

5

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

4

theme music

1

Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province

33

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

3

these

1

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except

2

to invade

1

shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

14

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

1

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

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

stage elevator; trapdoor

2

person who is ...; thing that is ...

8

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

1

end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)

3

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

3

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

12

Kurume

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

5

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

1

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

3

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

7

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

20

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

4

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

11

to assist; to help out

1