jpdb beta

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

hostile party; enemy side

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1

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

8

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

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

6

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

3

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

4

prize money; monetary award; reward

2

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

5

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

3

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

3

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

to be superior to

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

group; mass

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

3

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

4

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

1

earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

3

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

2

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

3

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

3

dead men tell no tales

1

way (of doing); method

1

to bear; to endure

2

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

3

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

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