jpdb beta

particular; hard to please; fussy

1

leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank

1

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

2

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

23

gun; rifle; small arms

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

9

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

6

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

child

6

grandchild

2

great-grandchild

2

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

3

to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

10

taking a wife

1

adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

8

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

3

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

10

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

5

man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

1

charitable person; philanthropist

1

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

3

very; much; greatly; a lot of

10

Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

1

Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

52

to be a burden; to make trouble for someone

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

waste; uselessness; redundance

3

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

7

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

5

middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

5

food; foodstuff; prey; victim

6

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

9

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

16

nowadays

2

soy sauce; shoyu

1

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

sugar

1

alcohol; sake

2

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

2

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

nutrient

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

19

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

5