jpdb beta

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

2

maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

4

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

2

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

3

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

1

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

71

to be

20

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

22

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

3

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

34

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

9

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

why; how

8

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

4

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.

79

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

4

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

6

warrior; samurai

11

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

58

now; the present time; just now; another; more

8

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

140

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

10

baby; infant

1

cry; crying voice

1

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

3

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

12

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

3

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

20

in that way; thus; so; so?

11

to say; to be called; to do

3

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

27

sounds

1

Kiyomori (shogun)

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

1

reason; cause; circumstances

3

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

18

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

5

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

music

1

singing voice; (sound of) singing

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

neigh; whinny; bray

1

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

31

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

3

Fujiwara No Tadamichi (1097-1164)

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

then; well; so; be; is

31

honorific/polite/humble prefix

22