jpdb beta

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

2

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

1

assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary

2

to hand over; to surrender

4

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

1

to answer a question

2

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

3

as if nothing had happened

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

3

heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

firm; strong; solid; stable

2

controlling power

1

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

France; French (language)

1

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

5

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

fortified city; bastide

1

commerce; trade; business

4

profit; returns

2

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

6

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

3

strong point

1

blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

1

wealthy person; millionaire

1

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

1

possession (esp. of a territory)

1

usurer; usury; loansharking

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

loan

1

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

1

temple's head priest

1

Fushiminomiya

1

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

4

fifth son

1

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

1

entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

1

grandmother

1

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

1

counter for generations; epoch

5

Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name

1

former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

1

like; similar to; same as

7

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia

1

older sister; elder sister

1

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

1

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

1

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

1