jpdb beta

such

3

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

democracy

2

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

4

river; stream; River; the ... river

4

dodgy dealings; monkey business

2

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

9

tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

3

restoration of imperial rule

1

reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

3

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

2

early (days); initial stage; initial

2

new government; new administration

2

bakufu; shogunate

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

1

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

3

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

11

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

3

settlement; permanent residency

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

7

savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area

1

great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy

4

Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

1

demise

2

guardian; custodian

2

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

1

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest

3

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

violence; murder; crime

2

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

5

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

policing (an area, etc.) by oneself; protecting by oneself; cautioning oneself; taking care; local government police; municipal police

3

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

2

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

2

please stop

1

loser; defeated person; the defeated

4

virtue

6

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

coercive; overbearing

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

3

question; query

2

detour; roundabout way

7

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

2

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

2