jpdb beta

to tell a lie; to fib

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

2

Masamune

9

from the beginning

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

even

1

southern part; the south (of a region)

4

Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

1

picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty

1

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

1

opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

1

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

1

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

1

Uesugi Kagekatsu

4

Satake Yoshinobu

3

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

2

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

4

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

3

brave general; great soldier

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

one week

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

coward

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

2

to slay; to kill

1

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

nine; 9

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

sea route

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

3

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

1

going south

1

east

2

mountain road; mountain trail

2

hermit; wizard; wizardry

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1