jpdb beta

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

1

four years

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

1

new government; new administration

6

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

10

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

123

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

3

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

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

2

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

106

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

9

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.

90

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

again; once more; a second time

1

allegiance; obedience; submission

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

62

to accept; to receive; to agree

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

governor-general; governor; viceroy

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

114

to be relieved of one's post

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

resistance

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

1

two (long cylindrical things)

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

5

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

1

fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

1

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

1

many feudal clans

2

alliance; union; league

2

on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

1

to become; to amount to

3

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

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

14

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

5

multilayered; doubled

13

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

2

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

4

consequence; outcome; result; blame

2

great mountain; large mountain

1

fortune; luck

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

4

solar calendar

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

already; too late

3