jpdb beta

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

2

antiquity; ancient times

4

bundle; bunch; sheaf

4

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

corner; nook

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

letter; missive; note; mail

12

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

4

three; three years of age

1

busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

new; fresh; novel

3

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

4

people close to the head man

1

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

4

grave; serious; alarming

2

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

2

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

condition; figure; appearance; voice

6

form; shape; figure; visage

9

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

7

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

6

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

3

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

3

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

49

originally

2

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

24

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

2

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

2

one's place of appointment; one's post

1

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

4

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

3

like this; this sort; this way

3

situated deep in the mountains

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

3

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

3

territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.

7

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

10

one's remaining years

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

4

troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

1

troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

2

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

6

to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble

1

extreme; extremity

2

to expel; to drive out

1

to take flight; to disappear

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

4