jpdb beta

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

7

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

5

young samurai

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

9

small gathering; happy circle

4

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

already; too late

7

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

5

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

admiration; being impressed (by)

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

oh; ah; I'll be darned

5

to say; to state

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

3

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

1

to open the door

3

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

4

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

hope; wish; aspiration

3

oh; ah

11

klik; plock

2

flint; firestone

2

insurgent; rioter; mob

1

lamp; light

14

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

5

firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

6

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

5

bamboo blind

2

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses

2

to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

16

burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

5

awfully; terribly

2

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

6

deep black

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

33

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

2