jpdb beta

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

6

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

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gold coin

5

large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period

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koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

15

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

2

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

4

public money

4

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

2

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

cryptogram; cipher text

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

2

cost; expense

2

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

branch road; byroad; side street; digression

10

to lose one's way; to get lost

1

red brick

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

to move forward; to move on

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

3

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

2

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

3

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

2

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

or; or else

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

1