jpdb beta

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

4

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

4

to perspire; to sweat

1

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

Gen'i

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

3

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

2

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

3

to leave this world; to die

1

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

1

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

3

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

3

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

4

pale; pallid; bluish-white

2

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

2

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

4

subordination; dependency

2

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

23

complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

67

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

2

to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

to hoist a flag

1

Beijing (China); Peking

4

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

28

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

to begin to speak

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

armaments; military preparations

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops

1

to go on the defensive; to play it safe

2

successive generations; successive emperors

1

dynasty

5

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

1

fabrication; pipe dream

2

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)

7

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

process; course; mechanism

1