jpdb beta

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

1

castle

3

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

1

lot area; site area; plottage; lot size

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

1

Japan

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

2

center; centre; metropolis

1

politics; government

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

to be erected; to be built

1

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

1

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

hereabouts; around here

1

this evening; tonight

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

surely; certainly

1

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

2

probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

1

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

1

insufficiency; half ripe

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

carelessly; inattentively

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

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

2

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

this family; we; this house

1

evidence; proof

1

smoky; awkward; ill at ease

1

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

4

vassal; retainer

1