jpdb beta

ash; embers; complete destruction

2

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

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

system

11

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

8

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

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

3

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

3

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

2

connection; pull

8

know-how

3

ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

169

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

2

Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto

3

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

noble; aristocrat; peer

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

burnt field; burnt area

3

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

4

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

2

to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

high society

1

elegant

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

to encamp; to take up a position

2

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

2

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

best; ideal; perfect

1

center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

3

Kuzuryuugawa

17

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

5

to descend a river

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

6

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

5

limit; restriction

5

one's own country

6

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

8

position; location; base; point; site

6

worst case

1

convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)

1

population; common talk

5

to prosper; to flourish

1

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

2

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

57

value; worth; merit

7