jpdb beta

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

4

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

4

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

6

leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

1

Africa

1

various countries; various regions; various provinces

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

plant; vegetation

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

3

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

1

Felipe

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

development; exploitation

5

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

2

one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

2

counter for generations; epoch

2

Terumoto

1

Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

2

emperor

1

house arrest

1

to be jumbled together

1

region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)

3

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

1

United Nations; UN

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

5

long life; longevity

2

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

1

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

1

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

2

Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology

1

in perfect form; going swimmingly

1

politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)

1

Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

3

Setouchi

1

head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

4

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

3

city-state

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

3

floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

3

Island; insula; island; islet

2

fairy; sprite; elf

2

queen; female champion

1

Elizabeth

2