jpdb beta

brave; heroic; gallant

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

2

Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

8

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

2

(some) more; even more; longer; further

2

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen

9

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

9

way; method; means; resource; course

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

2

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

20

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

1

autumn moon; harvest moon

2

enemy army

2

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

1

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

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

4

to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

5

to lure someone; to entice someone

1

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

3

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

wild boar; wild pig

5

rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings

5

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

1

south

1

one's troops

2

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

main force; main troops

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

1

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

3

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

1

but; however; even though; even if

1

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1