jpdb beta

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

3

self control; self restraint

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

7

flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

6

to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

3

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

4

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

3

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

2

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

2

bam; whomp; thump

2

giant

6

vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild

2

bristle

1

one eye; one of one's eyes

2

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

3

scar

3

treasury

2

first; new

11

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

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

chief; head; leader

2

fierce god

2

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

2

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

to have the privilege of doing

2

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

4

ore

24

little by little

15

long-established; old-established; traditional

6

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

occupation; calling; livelihood

4

lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

4

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

3

large-scale

5

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

2

black clothes

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

3

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

10

to brave a danger; to take a risk

2

enemy territory; hostile place

1

assassination

1

secret information; intelligence

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

6

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1