jpdb beta

I; me

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

39

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

107

concubine (of a noble)

18

be; is

26

(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

5

first; new

21

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

93

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

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

20

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

3

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

5

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

2

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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.

65

one by one; one after another; successively

1

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

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

20

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

21

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

9

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

oh; ah

1

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

1

husband

1

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

7

higher-order-; meta-

17

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

revival; restoration; resuscitation

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

6

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

4

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

4

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

5

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

17

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

4

be; is

2

older sister

14

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

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