jpdb beta

vice-consul

1

reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

1

direct export

2

Kumejirou

13

Shoukasonjuku

2

spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

2

fall; decline; slump

1

political offence; political offense

1

large order; bulk order

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

spinning; silk reeling; filature

1

hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock

1

settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

1

steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled

2

exported goods

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you

3

surface mail (ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service

1

prefectural ordinance

8

Hoshino

1

visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support

1

Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)

1

risky speculation; big gamble; large bet

3

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home

1

raw silk thread

17

sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

1

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

2

profit; earnings

1

all varieties of flowers; many flowers

2

money-making; earning money

1

world economy; international economy

1

cleaning; scrubbing

1

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

1

going to the United States

1

summer

1

Maebashi (city in Gunma)

1

private-school student

1

having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

1

Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)

1

guaranteed; authentic; certified

1

reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)

1

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

1

number of times

3

Gunma (prefecture)

11

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread

1

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

1

rice ball

1

sorry; excuse me

2