jpdb beta

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

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one's family and followers; one's whole clan

1

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

2

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

5

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

1

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

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to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

to regret

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

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lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

arrow; wedge; chock

3

to shake off

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

insanity; an insane person

1

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)

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Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)

1

winner; victor

1

bakufu; shogunate

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

2

warrior; samurai

3

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

2

Kamakura (city)

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the Imperial Family

1

authority; power; influence

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

5

ecstasy; highest heaven

1

at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases

1

indulging in every possible luxury

1

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

2

subordinate person

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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