jpdb beta

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

5

isn't that right?

5

writing in large letters

3

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

4

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

58

(New Year's) greetings

1

fish-shaped; fish-like; pisciform

1

Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

1

check

2

residence

1

roofed mud wall around a villa or temple

16

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

1

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

7

Ujisato

32

vigorous; healthy; sound

3

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

4

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

2

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

5

number of nights

2

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

15

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post

1

that sort of; like that

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

7

ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right

1

we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

18

soldier

3

useless; worthless; absurd; baloney

1

competent; suitable; qualified

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

14

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

5

you

7

to need; to call for; to require

2

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

6

young lord or master

1

leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

3

private conversation

2

face

3

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

11

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

7

tally; check

1

laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

1

drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove

3

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

14

wooden brazier

2