jpdb beta

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

Pira

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

1

India

4

separate; respective

2

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

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

3

pre-era; BC; BCE

8

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

2

Confucius

4

great person; eminent figure

1

birth; creation; formation

1

famous; fame

3

Confucianism

3

creation; founding; initiating

1

Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms

1

the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

2

The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)

1

originator; founder

5

Jainism

3

Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

1

Gautama

1

Siddhartha

1

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

1

mahaaviira

2

both; (not) either

1

historic; historical

1

history

1

almost; roughly; approximately

2

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

God; god; ace; king; superior person

3

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

1

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

1

playfulness

1

brackets; parentheses

1

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

1

blank column; blank space

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

impression

1

very interesting; of great interest

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1