jpdb beta

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

was; were

6

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

2

Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

2

Houjou Ujimasa

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

end; edge; tip

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

5

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

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

1

military forces; hosts; troops

1

territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

5

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

1

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

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

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

1

(political) administration; political power

1

successor; replacement; second wife

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

8

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

5

Tottori (city, prefecture)

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

3

three; 3

2

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

2

temple (Buddhist)

2

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

5

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

rice field

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

2

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

6

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

1

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

1

group; mass

1

counter for temples

4

even; but; however

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

1

seven

3