jpdb beta

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

bombastic; pretentious; exaggerated

1

being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to

1

lazybones; lay-about; good-for-nothing; idler

1

to mimic; to imitate

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

1

knowing how to swim; returning a favor

2

swordsmith

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

2

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

3

nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

1

Hon'ami

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

fellow students

2

great joy

1

direct tax

1

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

3

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

Emon

5

lottery run by a temple or shrine

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

1

slightly elevated

3

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

11

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

2

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

land rent

3

hotel charges

1

pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

1

Magosaburou

1

sales clerk

2

expelling; driving out

2

Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

4

serious damage; drubbing

2

two; 2

4

congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)

1

tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

2

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

2

intention; aim; design

4

taking responsibility

1

how; in what way

1

thrift; economy; frugality

1

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

2

banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

1

extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1

Mell; Mel; Meru

2

hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)

1