jpdb beta

one's home; one's house

1

keeping house; being confined to one's house

2

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

121

to order; to command; to appoint

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

15

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

13

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

105

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

2

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

206

imprisonment

2

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

55

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

3

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

15

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

139

warrior; samurai

2

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

2

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

2

person

20

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

day and night; around the clock

1

always; constantly

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

15

unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box

1

school (building)

1

to become; to amount to

8

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

97

first generation; founder

2

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

5

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

2

Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

1

four years

1

autumn; fall

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

30

was; were

3

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

1

be; is

19

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

17