jpdb beta

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

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

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

2

to be found; to be discovered

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

2

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

15

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

3

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

1

Fujiwara No Tadamichi (1097-1164)

1

Bifukumon'in

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

3

in person; personally; directly

1

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

2

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

10

support; backing; patronage

1

person

4

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

well; now; then

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

older brother

2

chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

5

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

2

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

2

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

9

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

3

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

1

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

2

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

1

court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

3

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

4

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

the late; the deceased

3

vassal; attendant

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

2

dismissal (from a position); discharge

1

to incur someone's enmity

1

extreme; radical

1

control; management; supervision

1

temples and shrines

1

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

1

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

7

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

8

line of regents and advisers (advisors)

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

5

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

4