jpdb beta

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

3

changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

1

resignation; seventy years of age

1

to loiter; to waste money

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

lifesaver; person who saved one's life

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

2

to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

2

I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...

1

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

3

conservatives

1

revolutionaries

1

in two equal parts

1

ahead; before; ago

3

to communicate

1

(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

one of these days; someday; one day

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

3

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

3

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

6

civil war

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

1

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

5

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

1

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

6

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

3

conversation

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

2

to weave

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

4

languidly; loosely

6

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

4

triumphant return; returning in triumph

12

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

4

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

1

this morning

2

late; slowly

2

within the next couple of days; in a day or two

2

(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)

1

arrival

4

report; information

7