jpdb beta

unselfishness; wanting little

1

to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

3

to set (sun); to become dark

4

news; word; tidings; omen

2

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

4

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist

1

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

3

right beside; close to; nearby

2

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

1

Juurou

2

anti-

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

1

same generation; one's generation

1

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

9

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

74

knowing; (an) acquaintance

5

memory; sense; experience

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

3

adviser; advisor; consultant

1

palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination

3

excellence; genius

1

head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

2

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

collation; examining and comparing

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

3

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

3

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

12

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

5

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

fundamental; basic

1

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

3

relation; relationship

6

what sort; what kind

2

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

3

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

4

cooperation; collaboration

2

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

2

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

3

to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

4

lawsuit; complaint

2

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

2

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

go that far; to that extent

8