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giving one's name; self-introduction ; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield) ; name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age ; Japanese kanji reading used in names

至(し)上(じょう)

x1 | Rank #27,056

supremacy

旨(むね)

x1 | Rank #15,462

principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar ; purport; gist; drift; meaning ; instructions; orders; intention; wishes

占(せん)領(りょう)

x6 | Rank #14,020

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself ; military occupation; possession; capture; seizure

制(せい)度(ど)

x2 | Rank #9,481

system; institution; organization; organisation

しく

x2 | Rank #10,342

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out ; to lay down (e.g. a cushion) ; to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate ; to pin down; to hold down ; to lay (e.g. railway tracks) ; to deploy (e.g. troops) ; to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated

拡(かく)大(だい)

x1 | Rank #6,513

expansion; extension ; magnification; enlargement ; escalation; spread

中(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #306

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China

四(し)方(ほう)

x3 | Rank #8,917

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions ; surroundings ; many countries; the whole world ; all around; here and there ; square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ; four sides (of a square)

戦(せん)線(せん)

x1 | Rank #8,662

(war) front

こう着(ちゃく)

x1 | Rank #113,525

agglutination; adhesion ; deadlock; stalemate; standstill ; agglutination

一(いっ)進(しん)一(いっ)退(たい)

x1 | Rank #37,617

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

収(しゅう)奪(だつ)

x3 | Rank #79,890

plundering; exploitation

火(か)車(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #58,418

fiery chariot ; kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies) ; steam locomotive (in China) ; vile old hag

回(まわ)す

x3 | Rank #1,736

to turn; to rotate; to spin; to twist; to gyrate ; to pass around; to send around; to hand around; to circulate ; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to bring; to transfer; to forward; to direct; to submit ; to turn (to a new use); to use (for something else) ; to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine); to start up (e.g. an engine); to give (something) a spin ; to put (someone in a position); to make (e.g. an enemy of) ; to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play); to do all over; to do everywhere; to do completely ; to surround (something) with; to enclose with ; to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist); to reach around ; to invest (money); to lend

二(ふた)つに一(ひと)つ

x1 | Rank #50,978

one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)

のだ

x2 | Rank #4,097

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

きれい

x3 | Rank #942

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair ; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat ; completely; entirely

姫(ひめ)

x1 | Rank #779

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) ; girl ; small; cute; lesser (in names of species) ; prostitute

あやす

x1 | Rank #11,074

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor; to humour; to lull

与(あた)える

x3 | Rank #904

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award ; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply ; to assign ; to cause ; to pass (a variable to a function)

半(はん)端(ぱ)

x2 | Rank #8,816

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness ; fraction; odd sum ; halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory ; irresponsible; foolish

恨(うら)み

x2 | Rank #3,835

resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness ; matter for regret; regret

しかも

x3 | Rank #616

moreover; furthermore ; nevertheless; and yet

枯(か)れ野(の)

x1 | Rank #139,057

desolate field; withered field

野(の)火(び)

x2 | Rank #90,322

fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass ; bush fire; field fire; grass fire

どいつもこいつも

x1 | Rank #8,148

everybody; every last one of them; all

怨(えん)嗟(さ)

x2 | Rank #26,001

(deeply held) resentment

満(み)ちる

x2 | Rank #3,161

to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with) ; to wax (of the moon) ; to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in ; to expire (of a period of time); to mature; to come to an end

どうりで

x1 | Rank #10,984

indeed; it's no wonder

昨日(きのう)

x3 | Rank #440

yesterday

見(み)せしめ

x3 | Rank #22,508

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

軍(ぐん)法(ぽう)

x1 | Rank #65,933

military law; martial law; tactics; strategy

見(み)せる

x4 | Rank #391

to show; to display ; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ... ; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining ; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised ; to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor ; to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others ; to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

やつばら

x5 | Rank #123,216

guys; fellows

入(い)れる

x8 | Rank #341

to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to install (e.g. software); to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. tattoo) ; to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire ; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to ; to include ; to pay (one's rent, etc.) ; to cast (a vote) ; to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ; to turn on (a switch, etc.) ; to send (a fax); to call

大(おお)げさ

x1 | Rank #4,128

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

潰(つぶ)す

x10 | Rank #2,042

to smash; to crush; to flatten ; to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop ; to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart ; to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food) ; to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time) ; to waste (e.g. talents)

出(しゅっ)兵(ぺい)

x1 | Rank #35,508

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition

度(ど)胸(きょう)

x1 | Rank #7,817

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

といった

x1 | Rank #2,219

such ... as; or some such

もぬけの空(から)

x2 | Rank #93,406

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted ; body from which the soul has left; corpse ; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

こよい

x2 | Rank #27,568

this evening; tonight

首(くび)を取(と)る

x3 | Rank #47,844

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

井(い)戸(ど)

x7 | Rank #7,199

water well

家(いえ)々(いえ)

x1 | Rank #26,545

each house; every house; many houses

土(ど)間(ま)

x2 | Rank #31,517

dirt floor; room with dirt floor ; pit (theater seating); parterre

便(べん)所(じょ)

x7 | Rank #13,880

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

土(つち)

x12 | Rank #1,945

earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud ; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land ; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ; (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

掘(ほ)る

x2 | Rank #5,117

to dig; to excavate; to hollow ; to delve into ; to dig up (e.g. vegetables) ; (for two men) to have anal sex

まじ

x5 | Rank #545

serious; not joking; straight

ないか

x10 | Rank #918

won't; hasn't; isn't; doesn't ; won't you

三(さん)

x1 | Rank #288

three; 3

日(にち)

x3 | Rank #1,020

Sunday ; nth day (of the month) ; counter for days ; Japan

敵(てき)兵(へい)

x2 | Rank #16,710

enemy (soldier)

鎧(よろい)

x4 | Rank #2,445

armor; armour

かぶと

x3 | Rank #15,187

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

馬(うま)

x6 | Rank #1,254

horse ; horse racing ; promoted bishop ; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

頭(がしら)

x2 | Rank #7,398

top of ...; head of ... ; the moment that ...

騎(き)乗(じょう)

x1 | Rank #29,206

riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

案(つくえ)

x2 | Rank #4,292

desk

使(つか)う

x15 | Rank #236

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use ; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume ; to use (language); to speak

ともかく

x3 | Rank #1,797

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may ; apart from ...; setting ... aside

ほとんど

x6 | Rank #844

almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but ; hardly; barely; scarcely; little ; large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)

喜(き)々(き)

x1 | Rank #37,042

merry; joyful; gleeful

弓(ゆみ)矢(や)

x1 | Rank #18,295

bow and arrow ; weapon; arms

熟(じゅく)練(れん)

x1 | Rank #12,027

skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity

職(しょく)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #4,275

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

勢(いきお)い

x2 | Rank #1,419

force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life ; influence; authority; power; might ; impetus; momentum; course (of events) ; naturally; necessarily

やり

x5 | Rank #15,931

spear; lance ; javelin ; lance ; jeering

長(なが)さ

x1 | Rank #6,464

length

恐(きょう)怖(ふ)

x5 | Rank #1,522

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic

薄(うす)れる

x1 | Rank #8,425

to fade; to become dim

農(のう)兵(へい)

x1 | Rank #132,862

(army unit of) conscripted farmers

三間

x1 | Rank #97,527

Zanma ; Mitsuma ; Mima

半(はん)

x1 | Rank #2,657

half; semi-; partial ; half-past ; odd number ; han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

明智光秀

x1 | Rank #46,623

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

きゃつ

x2 | Rank #49,085

he; she; that guy

伏見

x2 | Rank #16,058

Fushimi ; Fusemi

農(のう)民(みん)

x4 | Rank #16,541

farmer; peasant

落人(おちうど)

x1 | Rank #93,406

defeated soldier fleeing the enemy

ざま

x2 | Rank #8,110

mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight ; -ways; -wards ; in the act of ...; just as one is ... ; manner of ...; way of ...

きんかん

x1 | Rank #91,832

forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; in preparation ; recent publication

偉(えら)い

x3 | Rank #1,986

great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary ; distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous ; awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe ; tiring; tough; hard ; very; extremely

１００万

x1 | Rank #4,819

1,000,000; one million; million ; many

無(む)税(ぜい)

x1 | Rank #116,776

duty-free; tax-free

そい

x14 | Rank #10,034

act; deed; one's doing ; cause; reason

悪(わる)だくみ

x1 | Rank #36,634

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue