jpdb beta

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

to worry oneself (about)

2

selfish; asking too much

1

to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

1

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

1

to walk down the road

2

corpse; remains

3

hacking to pieces

2

putting to the sword

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

8

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

2

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

2

Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)

4

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

3

feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened

2

with a rosy future; offering promising prospects

1

to request earnestly

1

twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

3

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

13

bridge

15

decapitation

2

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

1

official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

1

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

2

fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

3

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

1

resistance

4

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

2

signature

2

Keisuke

9

(college) president; secretary-general

8

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

to settle (a problem)

4

I've got to be going; I must go

2

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

guess; speculation; supposition

4

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

borrowing; debt; loan

3

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

2

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

freedom; free man; free woman

1

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

3

cut; gash; incision

2

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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year in, year out; always; 24-7

2