jpdb beta

older sister; elder sister

3

heading; headline; index; headword

1

mountain castle

2

portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

1

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

2

slaughter; massacre

6

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

2

midnight

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

Nakamura Tamao (1939.7-)

1

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

1

gun; rifle; small arms

1

to turn towards; to point

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

2

original work

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

1

Shigemori Takako (1939.9.14-)

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

3

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

2

controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

1

Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)

4

description; account

1

importance; seriousness

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

6

war crime

2

peace education

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

1

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

1

aggressive war

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

2

beautification; glorification

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

distortion; falsification; perversion

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

2

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

1

early on; earlier on; from early

2

promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action

1

clear autumnal weather

1