jpdb beta

the third

3

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

3

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

at a young age; while still young

1

master swordsman

2

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

5

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

1

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

2

right (to do something); authority; power

2

first place

2

imperial throne; the Crown

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

1

conditionally; with conditions attached

1

mission; delegation

6

to mail a letter

1

embassy

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

3

several months

1

peace; harmony

1

next term; next period; next version; next release

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

letter; note

1

receiving; receipt

1

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

special treatment

1

letter; missive; note; mail

8

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

to turn against; to become an enemy

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

3

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

specialization; specialisation

1

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

perfection; flawlessness

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

3

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

2

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

head start; initiative; preemption

1

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

2

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

2