jpdb beta

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

1

now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

1

important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

if; in case; supposing

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

2

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

2

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

the shogunate

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

3

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

please (give me); please (do for me)

4

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

why; how

5

as we know

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

2

you; dear; honey

3

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

3

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

3

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

resignation

3

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

counter for horsemen

1

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

2

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

11

general; shogun

5

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

1