jpdb beta

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

2

building lot; residential land

2

powerful local clan; local strongman

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

8

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

4

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

3

hoof

2

clicking; clopping; clacking

2

barely; scraping by

2

light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)

2

sampling food; tasting; trying

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

2

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

4

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

4

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

12

step in a Japanese entranceway

3

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

3

candlestick; candlestand

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

6

manager; steward; factotum; useful person

1

in a row; in a line

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

4

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

3

retainer; vassal; servant

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

5

stairs; stairway; staircase

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

18

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

3

caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

rest; relief; relaxation

2

one room

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

5

place; situation; position; location

6

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

5

right under; directly below

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

moat; fosse; trench; ditch

5

carving; engraving; chiselled features

5

rampart; castle walls

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

9

hill

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

view; outlook; prospect

1

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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