jpdb beta

well; now; then

1

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

2

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

4

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

17

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

55

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

21

locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers

1

Yellow river (in China)

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

74

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

14

cold wave

1

arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

5

drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

63

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)

3

northern region; the north

1

crops; agricultural produce

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

50

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

41

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

eunuch

20

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

15

muddy stream

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

2

government office; public office; government official

1

naturally; of course; understandably

1

tax

4

exemption; exoneration; discharge

2

it is not (like that) either

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

dispersal; scattering; discrete

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

1

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

farmwork

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

11

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

1