jpdb beta

very young; little; childish; immature

2

one's real father; natural father; biological father

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in

1

Mitsui and Co.

2

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

1

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

patriarch; family head

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

5

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

4

cultural history

4

collaborator; coauthor; joint author

1

Shimura

4

parent and child

1

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

office

4

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

3

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

7

violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

1

paperwork

1

complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

4

(Edo-period) account book

1

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

7

Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet

1

pen

2

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

5

necessity

2

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

11

foreign country

4

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

transactions; dealings; business

1

so far as

2

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

16

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

17

Europe

9

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

8

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

5

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

8

strength of a brushstroke

1

carbon paper

1

patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary

4

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

3

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

2

roller

1

pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)

10

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

7

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

5