jpdb beta

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

1

protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

confession

1

foundation; basis

3

Juukou

1

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

3

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

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

6

page

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

3

the person heretofore mentioned; that person

3

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

11

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

3

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

7

to destroy; to break; to damage

1

damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner

1

badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

11

Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)

4

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

3

to rank with; to rank among

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

2

multi-

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

5

addition; increase; Canada

2

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

2

hesitation; vacillation

1

Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

2

mending; revision; supplementation

1

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

2

the latter

4

(plump and) happy-looking

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

2

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

1

troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

1

spring water; clear (pure) water

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

6

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

2

seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)

3

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

13

to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death

1

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

2

religious-fund soliciting; Buddhist preaching

2

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

death (of a high priest)

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

main temple gate; temple

1