jpdb beta

smithing; blacksmith

1

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

2

Naoyasu

2

second-rate; inferior

2

1000 ri; (a) long distance

1

passenger; rider; good rider

1

(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things

1

packhorse; workhorse; hack

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

famous sword; excellent sword

1

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

water well

1

Gentarou

1

Genshichi

2

eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)

1

to get together

1

madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie

2

drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk

1

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

3

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

1

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

4

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

2

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

good gracious; oh my

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

3

laugh; laughter

3

married woman; woman; lady

1

to drag out

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

1

light; lamp; torch

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

gleamingly; shinily

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

3

boy; child; youth; brat

2

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

1

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

1

fear; terror

1

both elbows

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

to lower; to be lowered

1

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

2

menial; meanness; servility; abject

1