jpdb beta

to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

6

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

7

friend; acquaintance

2

(not) altogether; (not) wholly

2

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

2

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

2

had better ...; had better not ...

2

to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed

2

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

4

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

1

Sakuma Nobumori

6

forest; shrine grove

6

considerably; fairly; quite

1

Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)

2

Takigawa Kazumasu

5

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

21

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

2

Ikeda Nobuteru

1

sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

7

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

the five fingers; leading five; top five

2

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

6

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

3

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

11

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

smithing; blacksmith

3

dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed

1

leather; hide

1

comparison

4

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

6

back street; back alley; slums

1

stroke (of a kanji, etc.)

2

(pair of) bellows

4

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

5

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

10

midnight; dead of night

4

dead of night; midnight

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

2

spark

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

4

immediately following

2

undefeated; unbeatable; invincible

2

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

3

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

4

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

5

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

second-rate; inferior

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

15

smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick

2