jpdb beta

dirty work; unpleasant task

2

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

minority group (party); minority

2

religious; spiritual

2

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

3

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

temples and shrines

3

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

worldly; secular

1

(political) power; authority; influence

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running

1

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

1

priest soldier; warrior monk

1

famous; well-known

3

orthodox school

2

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

2

violent

2

sword hunt; sword confiscation

1

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)

1

political force

2

armed might; military power; the sword; force

3

stable

1

political system

1

rule; reign; government; governing

1

modern; modernistic

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.)

2

conflict; strife

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

to go underground; to go into hiding

2

power of Buddhism

1

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

1

mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

5

yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

2

people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

1

ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.

3

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

2

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

1

selfishness

1

self-control; self-restraint

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

1

immediately; promptly

2