jpdb beta

to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding

4

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful

1

being very popular; being in great demand

1

(one's) pay; wages

2

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection

1

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

1

crest; coat of arms

4

informer; informant; betrayer; snitch

2

connection; relation

1

various reasons

3

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

fuzzy

4

player

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

4

attendance at a castle

15

arriving in the capital

1

thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

2

extravagance; luxury

1

to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

1

Cabinet Office

2

generation; lifetime; age

2

leader; guide; mentor; coach

3

to look down on; to make light of

2

to find out

2

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

2

three heads are better than two; three ordinary people together have great wisdom; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

good morning

5

presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady

7

rest after a meal

3

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

handsome

1

master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move

2

being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

3

influential person; man of importance

1

imperial throne; the Crown

3

weak; frail; fragile

3

to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources

1

complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses

1

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

1

wage; recompense

1

under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)

5

flattery; compliment

2

every martial art; all the martial arts

1