jpdb beta

to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer

1

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

to straighten; to correct; to cure; to falsify

1

civil administration; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)

1

oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

9

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

social structure

2

to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

2

form; shape; figure

1

idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world

1

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

life and death; life or death

3

experient; person who has experienced something

1

hypocrisy

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

9

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

4

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

9

maintaining the status quo

1

unwritten; illiterate; uneducated; poor writing

1

sense of responsibility

2

complication; intricacy

3

essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

2

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

7

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

6

progress; development

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

5

lacking a plan; haphazard

1

our country; our land; one's own country

6

recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

8

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

8

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

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huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large

4

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

feudalistic thought or thinking

2

feudal society

2

convenient; expedient; makeshift

1

naming; giving a name; designation; nominal

2

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

2

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

inclination; tendency; nature; character

3

to make an appearance; to show up

4

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

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compound; composite

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

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organic body; organism

3

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

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war drum

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