jpdb beta

be; is

1

document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

5

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

4

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

2

(in) my own way

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

very much; fully; never

1

to state; to express; to mention

3

a few years ago; some years back

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

1

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)

2

demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation

2

mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

4

I; me

4

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

casting; cast-metal object

1

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

air-raid

1

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

women and children

1

to kill by burning to death

1

number of years

2

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

2

platoon

1

North China

2

hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area

1

slaughter; massacre

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

even now; still; as yet

1

to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

1

superior officer

3

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

2

pregnant woman

3

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

4

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

2

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

3

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

2

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

posterity; future life; life to come

1

historian

1

aggressive war

1

lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

to force to do; to compel

1

gun; rifle; small arms

1

to thrust before; to thrust at

1