jpdb beta

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

7

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

4

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

4

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

2

a little bit; a little while

1

sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box

2

pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

2

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

since; this person

1

south

3

(Edo-period) town magistrate

1

counter for places

1

certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

1

to go around

1

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

2

Satake

5

Samon

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

4

Gennai

15

acquaintance

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to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

3

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

4

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

2

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

oh!; oh?; my!

3

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

1

Senji

1

wall; fence

3

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

3

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

5

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

4

all you want; as much as one wants

3

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

10

government official

3

picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak

1

you; my dear; hey

12

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

6

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

2

to obtain; to procure

2

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

10

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

1

inventor

1

hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment); (arch.) electricity

1

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

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aha!; yes sir

5

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

10

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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