jpdb beta

polite; courteous; hospitable

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400; four hundred

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imperial task

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)

1

three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

1

submission; surrender

1

public confidence; popular support

1

Ten'ō era (781.1.1-782.8.19)

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order; command; life; destiny; fate

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

2

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

4

relief; aid

1

to ascend (the throne); to accede

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

government (office)

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor

1

beautiful maiden; beauty

1

fine clothes

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fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric; beautiful poem; beautiful wording; beautiful autumn leaves; beautiful flowers

2

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

1

legitimate child

2

crown prince

1

pretension; assumption (of a title)

2

very little; quite few

2

self-conceit; pride

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

yeast mash; yeast starter

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

empress; queen

1

edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)

1

lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness

1

Bun'ou

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even

2

successive generations

2

prosperous era

1

decline; decay; ebb

1

atrocity; (arch.) treason

1

to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

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to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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