jpdb beta

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

4

to pass (of time); to elapse

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

3

15; fifteen

1

the n-th generation head of a family

1

to become; to amount to

3

Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)

4

be; is

3

Toshio

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

he; him; boyfriend

1

heir; inheritor; successor

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

2

tea ceremony; chanoyu

2

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

1

noh play

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

15

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

4

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

4

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

4

lovely; sweet

1

nickname

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

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

1

bakufu; shogunate

1

big; large; great

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

2

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

general; shogun

8

heir; successor

12

wise and great

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

legitimate; orthodox; traditional

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

2

feudal lord; daimyo

3

happy event; happiness

3

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

2

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

aha!; yes sir

13

Iesada

3

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4