jpdb beta

to make one's rounds; to patrol

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

3

good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show

2

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

1

to be talented; to be able

3

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

5

bloody vomit

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

3

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

2

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

6

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

3

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

1

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

7

to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

1

retirement

3

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

24

loyal retainer; loyal subject

1

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

5

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

8

brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)

107

direct control; direct supervision

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

1

if; in case; supposing

1

to disappear; to vanish

2

court service

1

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

to come to an end; to close the curtain

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

3

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

1

a few years later

1

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

3

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

3

to come to one's senses; to calm down

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard

6

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

3

one eyebrow

1

your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

5

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

1