jpdb beta

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

15

to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

11

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

to; towards; for

2

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

5

you

5

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

3

I; me

3

to lend a hand; to help

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame

1

be; is

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

6

you; I; me; oneself

3

women and children

1

to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw

1

painful experience

1

oof; ough; ulp

10

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

to have the nerve to

2

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

2

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

10

that; those; the

6

kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

3

huh?; what's up?

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

Kyoto

1

bloodshed; (lit.) rain of blood

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

2

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

4

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

6

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

3

legend; folklore; tradition

3

assassination; assassin

6

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

11

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

1

cross; cross shape; sign of the cross

2