jpdb beta

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up

6

nation at war; militant nation

1

triumphant return; returning in triumph

1

parliamentarian; member of a congress

2

try to be; want to be

4

audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

3

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

1

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

2

dazzlement; bewilderment; daze

1

to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

1

a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

1

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

1

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

1

egg yolk

3

egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood

3

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

2

division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on

1

Yokoyama Kendou

1

Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)

1

cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school

2

to sit around the fire

2

Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province

2

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

1

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

3

to employ the right person; to choose someone with the right qualities

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

2

rarely; seldom

1

to raise one's voice

1

propriety; fitness; aptitude

1

general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group

1

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

1

harsh language

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

1

a few years later

1

homecoming; returning home

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping

1

to take advantage of an opportunity

1

taste; thinking over carefully

1