jpdb beta

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

1

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

1

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

2

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

name of a mountain

25

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

3

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

balancer

1

three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

2

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

immediately following

1

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

2

direct control

5

territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.

2

mountain castle

1

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

3

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

5

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

1

half a kuni (province)

1

mobilization; mobilisation

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

4

10,000; ten thousand

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

1

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

1

impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order

1

a period (of time)

2

to dream (of)

1

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies

1

old men; elders; seniors; veterans

11

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

2

pie; tart

1

to share

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

1

the end

2

New Year's Week (festivities)

1

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

2