jpdb beta

eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

16

adult age; majority

2

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

1

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

all present; all concerned; all of us

3

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

2

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

6

to hate; to detest

1

relative; relation

2

vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

2

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

to be (doing)

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

the very thing; itself

2

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

2

loyalty; devotion

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

in; at; for

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

1

engagement; betrothal

1

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

4

(within a) territory; domains

1

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

4

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

1

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

1

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

1

uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

5

follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

1

not only

1

to march on the capital

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

to take advantage of an opportunity

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

7

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

2

prime of life

2

advanced age; senility

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

2

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

2

Suka

2

camping; campground; making camp

1

Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)

2

camp site; campground

2

accidental fire; fire caused by negligence; misfire; failure to ignite

1

conflagration; fire

3

open sea

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medley (of food, songs, etc.); (snow or sand) drift

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