jpdb beta

various matters; everything

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

4

family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

5

reading aloud; recitation

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to hold a ceremony

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

4

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

4

loyalty; devotion

2

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

2

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

7

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

2

Hoshina Masayuki

2

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

absolute

1

national policy

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drum

2

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

4

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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that is; namely; i.e.

3

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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faithfulness; devotion

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

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feudal retainer or warrior

5

-years-old

4

day-by-day renewal; rapid progress

6

house; hall; building

8

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

2

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

2

martial arts

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

3

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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