jpdb beta

north side; north bank

3

south side

2

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

1

center; centre; metropolis

4

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

climate

3

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

2

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower

1

pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing

1

generation; the world; the age

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

convention; tired tradition; old custom

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

idleness; inactivity

1

person killed in action; the war dead

1

understanding person; supporter

1

to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

staying; sojourn

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

2

still; as yet; as of old

1

progress; development

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

2

military officer; naval officer

6

together; mutually; fellow

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

professional duties

3

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

vector

1

the exact opposite

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

4

to fight each other

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

1

counter for places

1

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

1

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

1

to return; to come back

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1