jpdb beta

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

many years

3

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness

1

as soon as; right after

2

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

4

ruler's orders; master's orders

1

rice offered to a god

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

2

(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement

6

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

famous literary composition

1

solemn; grave; impressive

1

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

2

tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper

1

try to be; want to be

2

hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour

1

vigorous man; man in his prime; activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period); freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)

4

you (plural)

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

examiner

1

(full) name; family name and given name

3

one's native country; land of one's birth

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

approval; endorsement

2

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

3

you; people

3

(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

2

fierce or defiant look; determined expression; plucky countenance

1

raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party

1

brigand; bandit

1

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

1

country; territory; domain; realm

1

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

1

civil rights

1

establishment; settlement

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

2

national welfare

1

one time (place)

2

instruction; direction; briefing

1

in the following manner; as follows

2

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

4

to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)

1

to read to (for) someone

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

2

polite; respectful; reverent

2

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

2

tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

1

decorum; propriety; politeness

1