jpdb beta

Saga (city, prefecture)

1

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

3

doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition

3

multi-

3

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

research establishment; research institute; laboratory

1

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

1

year end

2

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

3

old people; seniors; elders; old-timer

1

oral tradition; legend; folklore

1

Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

1

to begin to

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

Shichirōzaemon

9

warrior; samurai

8

Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)

3

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

2

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

2

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

7

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

7

tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

3

lacquer shop; lacquerer

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

(period of) one year

1

cost; expense

3

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

4

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

2

evening; dusk; twilight

1

party of two

2

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

my husband; one's family; family member

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

4

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

rarely; seldom

6

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

4

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

4

court lady

3

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

inlet; seashore; beach

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)

1

two or three

2

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

3