jpdb beta

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

1

intention; idea; inclination; wish

1

work; job; labor; work

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

1

polite; respectful; reverent

2

good news

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

2

older sister

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

1

to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

2

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

war situation; progress of a battle

4

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

only; sole; unique

1

royal capital; imperial capital

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

2

using as an intermediary; through

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cease-fire; truce; armistice

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

3

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

2

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

3

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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steadily

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

stepwise; one step at a time

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