jpdb beta

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

10

conviction; belief; confidence

7

one soldier

3

(not) even; (not) any

2

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

9

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

4

minute adjustment; fine tuning

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

hoof

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

5

sign; signal; cue

7

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

11

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

1

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

2

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

1

the other day; a few days ago

6

in high spirits; elated

1

rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

1

mohican (hairstyle); mohawk; Mohican; Mahican; Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

2

completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

2

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

9

front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced

1

explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly

1

strategist

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

4

young person; youth; young

2

reason; cause; circumstances

10

right to speak

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

5

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

2

father

7

Sanada Yukitaka (1513-1574.6.8)

23

high efficiency; high performance

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

hope; white hope; person of promise

1

(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on

2

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1