jpdb beta

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

3

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

8

Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

2

Kiyomori (shogun)

1

The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

1

to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare

1

Kiyomori

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

1

to write down; to record; to register

2

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

1

ah; oh; hey!

2

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

3

fire; flame; blaze

1

like; as if; the same as

1

omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

1

person

2

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

1

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

4

slough; swampy lowland; moor; marsh

2

(water-filled) paddy field

4

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

6

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

3

Lake Biwa

1

Sea of Japan

1

coast; shore; littoral

10

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

4

large number (of); many; majority

13

Pacific War (1941-1945)

2

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

5

battle; fight; combat

4

Yaeyama Islands

1

forced; compulsory

2

dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

1

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1

hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

2

living together; communal life; cohabitation

1

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

2

7000; seven thousand

8

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

2

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

1

peak; peek

6

dichlorodiphenyl-trichloro-ethane; DDT

3

Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

1

boy

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

dozens; scores of; decades

10

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

8

again; once more; a second time

7