jpdb beta

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

4

government; administration

1

advisory committee (council, panel)

1

similar to; like

3

enquiry; inquiry; consultation

2

scholarly

1

lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

1

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

1

Tokugawa Ieshige (1712.1.18-1761.7.13), Shougun 1745-1760

1

that is to say; so that means

5

to want; to desire

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

tone or force of an argument

1

opponent in a debate or argument

1

front; frontage; facade; main

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

2

almost; roughly; approximately

3

sitting opposite each other

1

close friendship; intimate friendship

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

10

relation; relationship

7

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

6

to boost; to force up; to push up

3

misgovernment; misrule; bad government

7

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

3

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

8

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

teacher and student

2

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)

14

the first and second; a few

2

19; nineteen

5

(period of) a year; during an era

10

a number of days

3

1,000; one thousand

1

ninety; 90

5

ninth day of the month; nine days

3

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

2

lecture

1

Chinese classics (ethics, politics, and history)

1

gentlemen; you; (all of) you or them; Hundred Schools of Thought

1