jpdb beta

support; stay; prop

1

villager

2

sidelocks; hair at the temples

2

during absence from home

1

infant; baby; little child

3

(dead) body; corpse

1

rage; fury

1

rice reaping; rice harvesting

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

2

to beat to death

1

lover; mistress; kept woman

1

to throw into

2

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

3

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

2

cranium; skull

1

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

parricide

1

villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

2

highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery (of money, clothing, belongings); holdup; mugging

2

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

1

itinerant entertainer

2

the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe

4

pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)

2

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

1

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

to squint (one eye); to narrow

1

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

2

bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance

1

Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)

2

left foot; left leg

12

evergreen oak

1

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

5

un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...

1

master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts

8

fame (for one's bravery); great renown

1

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

3

feudal lord; daimyo

1

public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord

1

martial arts

1

instructor

2

to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage

1

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

23

to improve one's skill

1

fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

1

epidemic

1