jpdb beta

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

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if necessary

1

one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

3

the fifth

4

outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group

1

to treat badly

1

support; backing

1

one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids

3

formation; combination

1

defense of one's country; defence of one's country

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diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work

2

heart

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to be soldierly; to be martial

5

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

2

beckoning

3

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

working away from home

1

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

5

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

6

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

6

to resist; to defy

2

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

foam; bubble; nothing

1

it's no joke; gimme a break!

3

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

6

to hesitate; to waver

4

now that; since; as long as; provided that

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

5

tone

4

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

2

to blow out; to spout out

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

1

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

3

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

personal struggle

1

personal grudge; personal enmity

2

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

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

5

poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

1

tsunami; tidal wave

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

2

sincerity; true heart; devotion

2

precisely because

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

to blaze up; to burn up

1

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

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