jpdb beta

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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

113

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

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

75

empire; imperial

5

to; towards; for

4

emperor

9

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

53

death (of an emperor); demise

1

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

1

(Japanese) imperial succession

1

right (to do something); authority; power

2

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.

71

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

2

child of an emperor

1

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

6

successively; one after another

1

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

33

imperial capital

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

49

massing (of troops); gathering

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

8

that; those; the

7

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

23

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

3

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

7

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

1

different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

third day of the month; three days

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

21

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

6

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

6

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

8

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

older sister

6

ah; oh; hey!

21

we; us

6

(some) more; even more; longer; further

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

10

now; the present time; just now; another; more

6