jpdb beta

good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

1

full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month

7

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

1

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

1

's; of; belonging to

1

to be; to exist

1

Morioka (city in Iwate)

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

1

to congratulate

1

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

4

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

19

mouth of river; estuary

1

Heikurou

1

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

10

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

31

partition; distinction

1

before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

1

than; other than; except; but

14

sextant

3

heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object

1

angle

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

ocean; open sea

3

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

Western person

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

4

(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

2

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

3

foolish; stupid; silly

2

judo; jujutsu

1

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

3

Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)

1

as one of

1

reward

1

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

2

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

3

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

4

sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

1

pistol; handgun

2

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

6

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

2

Encke

1

bearing; heading; point of the compass

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2