jpdb beta

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

ronin; masterless samurai

36

to rescue; to free

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

5

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

2

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

5

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

3

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

1

netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

2

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

2

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

3

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest

1

money; funds

3

unnecessary; unneeded

1

to bring someone along

4

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

4

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

notice; notification

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

to make an appearance

1

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

2

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

actually; really

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

3

conviction; belief; confidence

1

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

2

to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

1

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

1

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

1

chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

2