jpdb beta

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)

2

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

rebel; traitor; insurgent

2

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

2

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

3

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

3

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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Hidenari

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excuse; explanation

4

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

5

to meet; to greet

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

we

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of course; certainly; naturally

4

realistic; pragmatic

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

2

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

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valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

(present) head of a family

3

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

1

to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)

1

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge

1

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

2

only; nothing but

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Asano

2

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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