jpdb beta

ritual; religious service; festival

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

1

distinguished citizen; patriot

1

big talk; boasting; bragging

2

empty; vacant; hollow

1

expressing one's mind; speaking out

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1

commotion; stir

1

stall; stand

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

5

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

3

dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

4

money; currency; coinage

14

change; money exchange

4

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

1

pots and pans; kitchen utensils

2

freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

1

dust; one ten-billionth

2

indicates emotion

1

strict; stern

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

worshiper; visitor to temple or shrine

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback

1

monetary offering; offertory

5

revenue; income; receipts; yield

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

9

law and order; discipline

2

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

1

vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition

1

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

3

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

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

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

1

police officer

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

4

to extol; to give praise

3

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

2

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

driver's seat; dominant position

1

to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

2