jpdb beta

Confucianism

1

general; shogun

1

Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

1

one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life

1

Yushimaseidou

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

to choose; to select

1

the end

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

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

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

was; were

1

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

Kahee

1

you; dear; honey

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

isn't that right?

1

promptly; quickly

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

1

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

1

to serve; to do

1

attendant; companion

1