jpdb beta

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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

2

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

Shinbashi (Tokyo)

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Yokohama (city)

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

33

railroad; railway; rail transport

1

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

37

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

1

around the world; throughout the world

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

7

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

3

to gather; to collect; to assemble

1

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

harbour

1

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

16

Japan

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

57

(national) capital (city); metropolis

1

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

46

one hour

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

time; hour; period; class

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

12

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

16

United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

1

steamship; steamboat; steamer

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

train; railway train

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.

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

speed (per hour)

1

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

1

dash; rush

1

exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

1

civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

1

symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation

1

be; is

1

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

1

foreign trade; external trade

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

4

user; customer

1