jpdb beta

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

3

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

13

way; method; means; resource; course

6

useful; helpful

3

reason; logic; method; system; order

1

logic

4

central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses

1

armor; armour

1

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

9

to emphasize; to attach importance to

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

bow; bowing

1

courteous; decorous; polite

5

to learn by hearsay

1

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

1

personal affair; one's own affair

1

military man; warrior; soldier

4

gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure

2

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

women and children

1

natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

1

Imperial Court

1

bodyguard; escort

1

to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

7

occurrence; happening; incident; event

7

existing; living; extant

2

pedigree; genealogy

2

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

4

history book

1

being seen here and there; appearing in various places

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027)

1

high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

1

monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity

1

inheritance dispute; succession dispute

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

one's family; one's clan

1

head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

2

Heian period (794-1185)

1

about the middle

1

Kyoto

1

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

1

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

1

residence

1