jpdb beta

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

2

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

2

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

6

hence; for that reason

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

5

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)

5

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

2

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

8

adverse circumstances; adversity

1

big; large; great

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

3

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

10

wise person; sage

2

that kind of; such a

2

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

1

this

2

to enjoy (oneself)

5

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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be (that) as it may; having said that

3

by force

1

word; remark; statement

6

ruler and ruled; master and servant

2

minister of state

2

relative; relation

1

friend; companion

1

people from one's hometown

1

together; mutually; fellow

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

5

self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds

1

never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for

1

release (from prison)

6

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)

2

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

2

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

to teach; to take a teaching job

2

clan school; han school

3

Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū

9

splendid horse; promoted bishop

16

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

5

match; game; bout; contest

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

18

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

19

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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