jpdb beta

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

3

to be well-known

5

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

7

to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but

2

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

3

thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one

1

to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

7

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

2

house where the family is out

2

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

5

old age

1

unexpected meeting; coincidence

2

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

taking the initiative

3

open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things

2

drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour

1

shedding tears

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

2

in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

2

unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

2

to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

2

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering

1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

1

to wipe; to dry

3

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)

9

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

1

the same thing

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

(one's) self; oneself

6

mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)

1

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon

6

rear vassal; daimyo's retainer

1

treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

1

favourite horse; favorite horse

1

saddle

1

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

1

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)

1

imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement

2

safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

2

wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied attainments

1

celebrity; personage

2

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1