jpdb beta

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

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user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

made of iron

1

good-quality; superior in quality

2

sooner or later

1

perfection; flawlessness

4

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

2

superior; better

1

to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

1

producing area

1

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

4

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

7

floorboard

1

bam; whomp; thump

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

1

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

2

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

1

to glare at; to scowl at

2

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

mere; only a ...

4

suggestion; proposal

5

several hundreds

2

to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

1

overriding principle; main principle; great principle

1

great swordsman; master fencer

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Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

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furthermore; even more

7

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

2

main cause; primary factor

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Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

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Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)

1

confrontation; showdown

1

billow; surge; large wave

3

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

sand; grit

2

clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

1

profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage

1

art of war; strategy; tactics

6

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

6

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

2

capital; funds; seed money; asset

2

double feature (movie)

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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