jpdb beta

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

6

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

to; towards; for

10

grateful; indebted

1

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

8

three years

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

5

seventh day of the month; seven days

1

Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

19

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

82

Sakamoto Ryouma (1836.1.3-1867.12.10)

1

assassination

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

95

suspicion

1

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.

76

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

2

period; Nihon-shoki

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

1

feudal retainer or warrior

2

watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

1

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

69

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

5

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

3

sea; ocean; waters

1

party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit

2

Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintaro

1

one party; one faction; one clique

1

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

25

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

2

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

1

to become; to amount to

5

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

be; is

5

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy

16

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

4

to escape; to run away

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

1

we; us

3

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

4

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.)

14

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

4

just one person; only one

1