jpdb beta

faith; fidelity; loyalty

1

sincere; honest; faithful

1

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

2

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

2

spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

3

strict observance of the commandment that all priests should be celibate

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

1

concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

1

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

3

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

1

biological child; one's own child

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

5

main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

to smile

1

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

1

for use by men

1

to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

1

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

3

she; her; girlfriend

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

inheritance; something given or received

1

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

2

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

2

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

1

everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

1

to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself

2

sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug

1

several people; a few people

1

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

1

total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout

1

evidence; proof

2