jpdb beta

duty; obligation

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

2

to fulfill one's responsibilities

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence

1

majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance

3

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

5

letter; missive; note; mail

21

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

3

literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on

5

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

2

straw rope

1

to tighten; to press hard

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

1

injury; wound

4

violent; rough

1

sentence; verdict; pronouncement

2

natural enemy

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

rapidly

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

to bawl; to cry; to scream

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

Kiyomori (shogun)

3

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

8

imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

1

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

1

civil war

1

achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution

5

Kiyomori

6

subjects; retainers

1

pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

1

Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

Japan

2

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

2

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

5

if not

1

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

1

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

2

mistake; error; blunder

4

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

11

Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

1

revolt; rebellion; war

2