jpdb beta

equality; impartiality; evenness

1

inevitable; necessary

1

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

1

wealthy farmer

1

police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)

1

selfless (pious, righteous) man

1

misgovernment; misrule; bad government

1

visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation

4

crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

1

rice riot (e.g. in 1890, 1897 and 1918); widespread rice shortage

2

suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling

1

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

foreign enemy; outside invader

3

encampment; position; side; end; goal area

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

2

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

external pressure; foreign threat

3

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

to visit; to call on; (arch.) to make a noise

1

to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue

1

ten; 10

1

day before yesterday

3

waves; billows; surge

1

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is

1

usual; ordinary

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

1

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

2

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

1

without

1

to lose one's life

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

1

enough is enough; no further!

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

2

to cut; to slit; to slash

2

(yet) again

1

Edo Bay

2

treating (someone) like an object

1

to encourage; to give courage to

1

hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves

1

to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others

1

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

all you have to do is; just; that's all

1

suicide

3