jpdb beta

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

to rescue; to free

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit

1

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

Tadamasa

3

Tadatoki

6

marriage proposal; marriage talks

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

wedding ceremony

1

bride

2

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

before it happens; previously

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

2

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

1

love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love

1

consent; compliance

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship

1

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock

1

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

1

folding screen

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

4

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

1

boy; eldest son

1

dying young; early death

1

to be separated by death

1

Ikeda Mitsumasa

1

wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

1

prime of womanhood

1

tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

2

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

4

inside the gates

1

being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan

1

bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

1

sex mania

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

second floor; upstairs

1

violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery

1

story; tale

2

subject; theme

1

kabuki; Japanese classical drama

2

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1