jpdb beta

something like ...; something called ...

7

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

13

man among men; man's man

1

Yellow river (in China)

2

overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

2

submersion; inundation; being flooded

2

restoration; repair; mending

1

how many years; how long; what year

4

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

5

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

4

to pray; to wish

9

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

6

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

6

to say; to be pleased to say

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

3

pine tree

3

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

wave; ups and downs

6

(a) row; line

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

to build an embankment

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)

2

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

3

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

substitution

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

increase in yield

2

Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

4

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

3

immediately; right away; on the spot

3

conviction; belief; confidence

2

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

9

Matsukata Masayoshi (1835.3.23-1924.7.2)

2

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

7

construction work

7

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

2