jpdb beta

alliance; union; league

4

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

1

tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper

1

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

2

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

2

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

1

that; those; the

1

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

2

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing

1

vassalage

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

2

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

should do; ought to do

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

2

(present) head of a family

1

be; is

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

Gifu (city, prefecture)

8

Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)

3

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

9

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

3

naming; christening

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

2

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

2

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

2

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

2

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

mountain castle

2

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

name; given name; first name

2

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

5

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

7

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

2

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

feudal lord

1

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

duty; role; function

1

godparent; first person to give something its name

1

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

1