jpdb beta

errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)

1

horse's hooves

2

stable boy; stable hand; groom

2

something (or other)

2

fast typing; fast beating; fast drumming

1

to prosper; to flourish

1

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock

2

popular song; hit song

1

popular song

1

guardhouse (Edo-period city)

1

even

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

2

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

5

coating (esp. lacquering)

2

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

2

coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier

1

wrapped package; bale; wicker trunk; wicker luggage

8

rationality

5

Yokohama (city)

2

harbour

3

intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street

5

again; once more; a second time

6

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

2

strongly; violently; with all one's strength

1

sedge-woven (bamboo) hat

2

Mr (junior); master; boy

5

to watch steadily; to stare

1

where to?; whither?

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

3

manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

2

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

2

great disaster; calamity

1

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

5

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

2

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha

2

hey; hold on; come on

1

breaking out of prison; jailbreak

2

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

3

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

section meeting

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)

1