jpdb beta

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

3

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)

2

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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(Edo-period) chief minister

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expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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assassination

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to say; to be called; to do

3

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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member of shogun's council of elders

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Nobumasa

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was

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Emperor of Japan

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(younger) sister

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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to; towards; for

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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

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Imperial Court

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connection; relation

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

cry; crying voice

1

prince; princess

1

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

2

warrior; samurai

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

1

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

rising; ascending; climbing

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

3

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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