jpdb beta

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

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stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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flight; rout; debacle

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portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

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to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

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tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

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erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

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to make sure of the truth

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troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

36

only daughter

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place to go; destination

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cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

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great war; great battle; world war

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making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

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cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

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calamity; misfortune

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outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

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impudent; shameless; brazen

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to spy out; to smell out

1

to look into; to peer in

9

resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

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no trouble; easy; simple

1

had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

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lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

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myself

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to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

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to march on the capital

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to be scared

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somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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noble undertaking; heroic deed

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Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

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suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn

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tragic

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dawning (of a new era); dawn

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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military family; warrior class

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Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

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recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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(present) head of a family

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Morichika

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summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)

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