jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

1

love of antiquities

5

Japan

9

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

2

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

strongest ever; most powerful in history

1

(army) division

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

9

miracle; wonder; marvel

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

2

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

2

such ... as; or some such

2

verselet

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

1

new style

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family

1

to become; to be

2

haiku poet

1

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

10

be; is

10

they; them

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

7

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

4

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

3

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

20

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

2

only; nothing but

6

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

4

while; during; while; although; all; both

3

to walk

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

4

to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

9

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

5

above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

3

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

if; in case; supposing

3

(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

2

white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

2

cloud

2

to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

3

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

4

newspaper extra

5

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

5