jpdb beta

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant

1

contrast; antithesis; comparison

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

1

wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour

1

shrinkage; cotton crepe

2

Shinsuke

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

3

true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

2

rule; reign; peaceful times

1

harbour; harbor; port

5

around the world; throughout the world

3

Egypt

2

Rekiyama

1

harbour

1

Alexandria

1

counter for generations; epoch

1

recommendation of an influential person

2

since when; from when; how long

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

2

Doukan

1

stinginess; miser

1

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a"

1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

Ainu

1

founding a temple (on a hill-top)

1

alteration; falsification; faking

1

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

1

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

3

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

2

India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot

2

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

1

pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

3

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

scenic and historic places

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

to surround; to crowd around

2

Nagoya (city)

1

Ito

1

thread; yarn; string

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

1

Saifu

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1