jpdb beta

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

3

judo

2

third stage; three stages

2

strong; hard; manly

2

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

2

immature; childish

4

to see; to look; to watch

2

to manage something successfully; to be successful

3

Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)

8

back country; remote countryside

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

12

miser; niggard; cheapskate

2

theft; robbery

1

to build a house

1

house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

3

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

1

fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls

10

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

7

mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall

4

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

4

bridge

13

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

powerful local clan; local strongman

1

careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

5

building

9

castle

2

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

6

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

4

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

1

old couple; elderly couple

12

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

5

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

3

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

1

household furnishings

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

2

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

4

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

1

rarely; seldom

2

to run away and hide

6

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

these

5

ordinary; common; mediocre

2

to ponder; to brood

1

the second time

1