jpdb beta

ruin; destruction; fall

1

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1

irresistible; overwhelming

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

4

the third

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

2

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

5

I can tell you; heh

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

3

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

En'ya

3

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

in the palace

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

2

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

2

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

1

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

1

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

aha!; yes sir

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

3

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

6

fundamental; basic

1

connivance; overlooking

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

during a play

3

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

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

2

Asano

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

our

1

innocent; blameless; guiltless

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

to lack

1

famous; fame

1

to be sacked; to be dismissed

2

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

3

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

just before

1