jpdb beta

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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my; our; one's own

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chief retainer; daimyo's minister

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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trust; confidence; credence

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

1

new; fresh; novel

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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

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to side with (someone); to support (someone)

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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Katsumoto

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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both people

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

3

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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this occasion; at this time; now

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Imperial Court

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Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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intention; personal opinion

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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to do

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nevertheless; still; however; yet

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august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

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bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

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awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

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commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

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receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

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together; mutually; fellow

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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general; shogun

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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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be that as it may; even so; though that be so

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most; extremely

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extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

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military family; warrior class

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ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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in addition; besides

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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