jpdb beta

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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court rank

1

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

2

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

1

appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

2

to do (for someone)

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

2

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

1

lower left (corner)

1

Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)

1

investiture

1

and; thereupon; because of that

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fourth court rank

1

promotion; advancement

1

next month

1

unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

2

name; given name; first name

4

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

5

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

2

gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

1

imperial order; imperial decree

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

2

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor

1

physical condition; state of health

1

suitable; satisfactory; desirable

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

intention; aim; design

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

5

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

Meiji Restoration (1868)

1

retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus

3

Pope; Buddha

1

plural; multiple; several

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

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abdication

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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imperial court

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