jpdb beta

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

Yoshitsune

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Yoritomo

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

1

to gain a victory; to win

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

family quarrel

1

Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

4

to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire

2

sailor; seaman

1

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

1

ship's bottom; bilge

1

to fall flat; to fall face down

1

medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State

2

Tomomori

2

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

1

small boat

2

(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

1

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

wage; recompense

19

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

6

together with; same; both; all; including ...

1

to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

3

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

4

every person; every mouth; every entrance

1

counter for questions

1

wig; hairpiece

2

the four seasons

2

man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

2

I can tell you; heh

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

LOL; haha

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

being left out; being excluded; being ostracized

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2