jpdb beta

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

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international laws

6

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

treatment; service; handling; management

2

hitting a ball; batting; stroke

3

(written) petition

4

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

8

eastern expedition

3

Nagoya (city)

4

mountain gun

2

gun barrel

2

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

4

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

2

Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

2

war clouds; threat of war

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

2

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

3

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against

2

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

2

to state; to express; to mention

2

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

3

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

3

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

numerical inferiority; being outnumbered

1

nowhere

1

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

5

first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

4

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

2

age; years

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

4

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

1

White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

regular army

1

Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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Kujou Michitaka (1839-1906.1.4)

1

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

5

nine; 9

2

evening; last night; yesterday evening

1

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

to improve one's skill

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

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

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army

6

unless one ...; if one does not ...

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to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

3

lenient; gentle

1