jpdb beta

organic body; organism

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

coal

1

Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

3

additional printing (e.g. of a non-CMYK ink) after the main print

1

type of picture book popular in the late Edo period

1

Netherlands; Holland

3

the original; original copy; script

1

to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish

2

William

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

13

first volume

1

second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

2

reprinting (of a book)

1

description; account

2

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

7

Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)

19

Takeshirou

1

diary; journal

2

female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

1

peak; mountain

2

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

facetious; droll; funny

1

place name; toponym

3

Empress Genshou; Genshou Tenno (680-748 CE, reigning: 715-724 CE)

1

making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

1

Tonerishinnou (Prince) (676-735)

1

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

2

Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

1

Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)

3

twenty-six

2

official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

5

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

3

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

2

pasture; grazing land

1

evening; early night hours

2

as following

2

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

1

peak; mountain

1

top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax

1

diameter

5

lake

1

lake

1

water's edge; beach; shore

1

sheep (Ovis aries)

3

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1