jpdb beta

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

7

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

3

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

3

to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

husband

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

5

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

6

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

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

3

someone; somebody

1

fast horse

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

2

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

11

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

4

seventh day of the month; seven days

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

4

cut; notch; end; conclusion

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

5

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

14

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

8

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

1

night attack

1

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

1

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

1

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

1

lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

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

3

west

1

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

3

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

2

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

1

is not; am not; are not

3

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

2