jpdb beta

one's elders or superiors

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

3

family tree; pedigree; genealogy

1

Emperor Toba; Toba Tenno (1103-1156 CE, reigning: 1107-1123 CE)

1

Emperor Go-Shirakawa; Go-Shirakawa Tenno (1127-1192 CE, reigning: 1155-1158 CE)

2

different mother

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

marriage

4

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

licentiousness

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

1

second marriage; remarriage

1

the second time

1

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

misconduct; misbehaviour; impropriety; profligacy

1

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

1

The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching

2

The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi

1

to lecture; to give a lesson

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

Emperor Nintoku; Nintoku Tenno

13

fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

1

benevolent ruler

1

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

1

annual tribute; land tax

3

work; labor; labour; toil

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

to get dry

1

hunger and thirst; starvation

1

benevolent rule

1

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

influence (on someone); inspiration

2

generally

1

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill

4

grave; tomb

1

artificial hill (in a garden)

1

pond

1

standard; norm

1

so much; so; like that

1

thrift; economy; frugality

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

the last days; the final years; the last generation

2

ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

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