jpdb beta

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

2

nuclear umbrella

1

ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

4

bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate

1

Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

submission; resignation

1

going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

1

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

1

unrealistic

1

(right-wing) propaganda truck

1

to yell; to shout

1

agitate

1

to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

letter; writings

2

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

2

request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

1

on air; on the air

1

advocate; proponent; supporter

1

to issue a manifesto; to appeal

1

constitutional reform; constitutional amendment

1

Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

2

security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

already known; well-known

1

historic; historical

1

incident; affair; happening; event

1

Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

self-determination; suicide

1

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

2

you (plural); all of you; you all

3

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

2

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

6

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

1

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

1

nihilistic

2

way of speaking; intimation

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to set aside

1

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

Cabinet Secretariat

1

succession; continuation; series; sequence

1