jpdb beta

inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

4

to like; to prefer

5

dislike; hatred; fear

1

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

18

fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice

2

evidence; proof

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

3

main constituent; core; nucleus; subject

1

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

7

Shinto; Shintoism

1

(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion

1

growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

4

Japanese (language)

24

import; importation; introduction; afferent

8

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)

1

filial piety

1

abstractness; abstraction

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

2

summit (of a mountain)

7

leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

4

symbolism (19th-century artistic movement)

9

fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

11

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

5

everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

3

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

1

nominative case

2

omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

4

definiteness; certainty

4

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

14

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

6

boys and girls

1

infancy; childish; infantile; immature

3

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

to take root; to strike root

1

floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

thereafter

3

Japanization; Japanisation; Japanification

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

1

introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down

1

outline; summary

2

former section (stanza)

1

enlightenment movement; the Enlightenment

2

paradoxical

9

paradoxical

1