jpdb beta

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

9

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

3

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

1

major incident; major happening; big scandal

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

3

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

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

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

5

bakufu; shogunate

2

(Edo-period) chief minister

2

Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)

3

in that way; thus; so; so?

14

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

2

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.

93

forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

1

opposition faction

1

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

2

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

15

that; those; the

4

assassination

2

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

keeping house; being confined to one's house

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

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

13

feudal lord; daimyo

1

in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple

1

Youdou

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

13

news; word; tidings; omen

3

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

1

(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

28

to open the door

2

self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

2

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

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

14

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

9

Hanpeita

5

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

1

to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

1

cry; crying voice

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

4

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

2

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

ronin; lordless samurai

1