jpdb beta

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

extreme; radical

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

16

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

7

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

7

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

4

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

12

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

3

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

1

tomorrow; near future

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

10

revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

2

court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

3

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

2

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

19

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

5

to hurry; to rush

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

2

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

2

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

36

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

1

case; situation

1

to be

2

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

25

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

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

12

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

11

emperor (of Japan); mikado

2

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

14

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

3

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1