Jiten beta

at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although

準(じゅん)ずる

x1 | Rank #51,196

to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be based on; to apply correspondingly ; to be proportionate to ; to correspond to; to be equivalent to; to be treated in the same way as

地(ち)位(い)

x1 | Rank #5,132

(social) position; status; standing ; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

の

x290 | Rank #1

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion ; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis ; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

貴(き)人(じん)

x1 | Rank #35,585

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

が

x93 | Rank #4

indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn

大(だい)名(みょう)

x2 | Rank #12,856

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

家(か)臣(しん)

x2 | Rank #8,378

vassal; retainer

等(ら)

x4 | Rank #1,344

pluralizing suffix ; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc. ; nominalizing suffix

から

x9 | Rank #12

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning

武(ぶ)技(ぎ)

x1 | Rank #42,216

martial arts

秀(ひい)でる

x1 | Rank #24,771

to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be better (than others at something) ; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out

者(もの)

x25 | Rank #247

person

を

x145 | Rank #3

indicates direct object of action ; indicates subject of causative expression ; indicates an area traversed ; indicates time (period) over which action takes place ; indicates point of departure or separation of action ; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

召(め)す

x1 | Rank #10,681

to call; to summon; to send for; to invite ; to eat; to drink ; to put on; to wear ; to buy; to purchase ; to take (a bath) ; to ride; to get in (a vehicle); to take ; to catch (a cold) ; to put on (years); to get old ; to strike one's fancy; to please one ; to do

弓(きゅう)術(じゅつ)

x1 | Rank #68,880

(Japanese) archery

馬(ば)術(じゅつ)

x1 | Rank #34,156

horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding

剣(けん)術(じゅつ)

x7 | Rank #8,196

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

型(かた)

x1 | Rank #1,559

type; style; model; pattern ; mold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression ; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form ; convention; tradition; (standard) form; formula; usage ; (set) size; inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.) ; (taxonomical) form

拝(はい)観(かん)

x1 | Rank #92,322

see; inspect; visit

する

x22 | Rank #18

to do; to carry out; to perform ; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) ; to serve as; to act as; to work as ; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ; to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as ; to decide on; to choose ; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ; to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ; to be worth; to cost ; to pass (of time); to elapse

なる

x15 | Rank #44

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted

催(もよお)し

x1 | Rank #23,768

event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting)

である

x24 | Rank #229

be; is

徳(とく)川(がわ)幕(ばく)府(ふ)

x1 | Rank #60,248

Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate

によって

x1 | Rank #4,261

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

統(とう)一(いつ)

x1 | Rank #8,419

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

天(てん)下(か)

x5 | Rank #4,243

the whole world ; the whole country ; society; the public ; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power ; having one's own way; doing as one pleases ; peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous ; shogun (Edo period)

は

x135 | Rank #2

indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

三(さん)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #14,152

three generations; three periods ; third generation

家光

x3 | Rank #39,726

Iemitsu

頃(ころ)

x3 | Rank #613

(approximate) time; around; about; toward ; suitable time (or condition) ; time of year; season

には

x13 | Rank #37

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

泰(たい)平(へい)

x1 | Rank #45,229

peace; tranquility; tranquillity ; happy-go-lucky

で

x53 | Rank #25

without doing ...

ある

x12 | Rank #36

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about

戦(せん)国(ごく)時(じ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #20,687

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period ; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE) ; era of vicious competition

気(き)風(ふう)

x1 | Rank #48,840

character; traits; ethos

形(けい)骸(がい)化(か)

x1 | Rank #65,626

becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

一(いっ)方(ぽう)

x1 | Rank #1,791

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party ; on the one hand; on the other hand ; whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn ; just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only

となる

x3 | Rank #931

to become; to be

例(たと)えば

x1 | Rank #1,697

for example; for instance; e.g.

試(し)合(あい)

x7 | Rank #836

match; game; bout; contest

勝(しょう)負(ぶ)

x2 | Rank #768

victory or defeat ; match; contest; game; bout

というより

x1 | Rank #3,500

rather than

演(えん)武(ぶ)

x1 | Rank #28,221

martial arts demonstration ; martial arts training

と

x60 | Rank #6

if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question

称(しょう)する

x2 | Rank #9,298

to call; to name ; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ... ; to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign ; to praise; to applaud

べき

x2 | Rank #302

should; must; ought to

内(ない)容(よう)

x1 | Rank #1,140

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

身体(からだ)

x2 | Rank #461

body ; torso; trunk ; build; physique; frame; figure ; health; constitution

直(ちょく)接(せつ)

x1 | Rank #1,283

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

ぶつけあう

x1 | Rank #64,227

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas ; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

こと

x16 | Rank #13

thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

事(こと)

x2 | Rank #95

要(よう)求(きゅう)

x1 | Rank #2,878

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

い

x5 | Rank #140

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

適(てき)度(ど)

x1 | Rank #13,980

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

間(ま)合(あ)い

x1 | Rank #7,697

pause; interval ; distance; range; reach ; suitable time; appropriate opportunity ; distance between opponents (kendo)

詰(つ)まる

x1 | Rank #3,409

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) ; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up ; to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow ; to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for) ; to come to the end; to be settled ; to become a geminate consonant ; to hit the bat close to the batter's hands (of a pitch); to hit off the fists; to get jammed

ところで

x1 | Rank #607

by the way; incidentally; well; now ; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

終(しゅう)了(りょう)

x1 | Rank #1,908

end; close; termination

それでも

x1 | Rank #382

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

派(は)

x1 | Rank #2,420

group; faction; clique; coterie ; (political) faction; wing; camp ; school (of thought, painting, etc.) ; sect; denomination

間(かん)

x3 | Rank #2,144

interval; period of time ; among; between; inter- ; good opportunity; chance ; estrangement; discord; alienation ; spy; secret agent

では

x10 | Rank #70

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

太刀(たち)筋(すじ)

x1 | Rank #29,337

swordsmanship

読(よ)む

x1 | Rank #567

to read ; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant ; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine ; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji) ; to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time) ; to count; to estimate ; to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

難(にく)い

x2 | Rank #5,268

difficult to ...; hard to ...

命(めい)中(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #9,921

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

事(じ)故(こ)

x1 | Rank #1,345

accident; incident; trouble ; circumstances; reasons

発(はっ)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #2,260

occurrence; incidence; outbreak; birth (e.g. of civilization) ; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production ; ontogeny; development; growth; breeding

可(か)能(のう)性(せい)

x1 | Rank #605

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; chance

これ

x4 | Rank #33

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

防(ふせ)ぐ

x1 | Rank #2,670

to defend against; to protect against ; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

ために

x2 | Rank #169

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of ; because of; as a result of

両(りょう)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #5,422

pair; the two; both persons; both things

前(まえ)に

x3 | Rank #214

ahead; before; ago

議(ぎ)

x1 | Rank #11,802

discussion; deliberation ; thought; opinion

合(ごう)

x1 | Rank #8,830

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml ; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters ; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain ; conjunction ; sum; total ; synthesis (in dialectics) ; minor premise (in hetuvidya) ; counter for covered containers ; counter for matches, battles, etc.

持(も)つ

x1 | Rank #190

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck

互(たが)い

x1 | Rank #2,895

each other; one another

長(ちょう)所(しょ)

x1 | Rank #17,092

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

発(はっ)揮(き)

x1 | Rank #3,763

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

出(で)来(き)る

x3 | Rank #654

to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) ; to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable ; to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.) ; to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up ; to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready ; to grow (of a crop); to be produced ; to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character ; to be by nature; to be born ... ; to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone) ; to get pregnant

ようい

x1 | Rank #243

easy; simple; plain

練(ね)る

x1 | Rank #7,417

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame) ; to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out ; to train; to drill; to exercise ; to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ; to tan (leather) ; to temper (steel) ; to walk in procession; to parade; to march

上(うえ)

x3 | Rank #176

above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...

臨(のぞ)む

x1 | Rank #8,115

to look out on; to overlook; to front onto ; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by ; to deal with (an issue) ; to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to go to (e.g. a place); to take part in; to participate; to join

も

x29 | Rank #7

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other

珍(めずら)しい

x1 | Rank #1,293

rare; uncommon; unusual; curious ; new; novel ; fine; nice; splendid; precious

ない

x6 | Rank #35

nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

その

x6 | Rank #28

that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...

ような

x2 | Rank #101

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

時(じ)流(りゅう)

x1 | Rank #59,924

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

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