jpdb beta

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

1

dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

2

in camp; at the front

3

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

5

worry; anxiety; concern

4

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

despite appearances

1

to compete with; to vie for

2

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

3

one large ...; a great ...

1

kingdom; monarchy

1

gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)

2

carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

4

supplier

1

to palm off; to force a sale

4

gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

low-ranking ninja

1

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

2

every evening; night after night

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

2

to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities

1

death in battle; death on the battlefield

12

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

3

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

6

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

4

one drop (of fluid)

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

7

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

1

country samurai

2

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

3

drinking party; banquet; feast

1

Katakura

3

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

corner; nook

1

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

10

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

4

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

mashed boiled green soybeans

5

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

2

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

1

to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme

1