jpdb beta

city

3

middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life

1

underling; subordinate official

1

gardener; landscape gardener; nurseryman

1

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

3

to take care of

1

physical work; manual labour (labor)

1

coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier

3

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment

1

magistrate's office

1

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

official title

2

most; extremely

1

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

1

report; information

3

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

bent back; hunchback; stoop

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

1

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

1

fee; charge; rate; material

1

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

1

evening meal; dinner

4

precious; valuable

1

what; what?; hey!

1

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

1

unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive

2

occasional; infrequent; rare

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance

1

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

1

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

3

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

1

shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square

1

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)

1

red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

1

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

2

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

certain; sure; no doubt

1

astronomy

1

early on; earlier on; from early

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

2