jpdb beta

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

4

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

3

brigadier general; commodore

2

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

12

stupid

4

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

2

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

1

role; duty; responsibility

1

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

4

admiration; being impressed (by)

2

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

13

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

5

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

2

judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector

5

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

Junna

1

encouragement to study

1

both Houses of Parliament

2

groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another

7

elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

1

millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town

14

succession; inheritance

1

virtuous; rich

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

3

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

1

audience (with a person of high standing)

1

appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

1

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

to prostrate oneself before

6

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

9

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

16

heralding

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

dark (color); concentrated; thick

4

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

5

crest of a noble family

1

loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change

5

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

bamboo blind

6

smoothly; swiftly

3

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

3

gold brocade

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

4

samurai costume; old ceremonial costume

1

samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low

1

forehead; brow

4