jpdb beta

representative; delegate

2

we

11

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

10

bright; cheerful

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

4

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

3

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

7

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

12

expenses; disbursements

3

national treasury

2

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

3

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

2

daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)

3

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

1

intention; idea; inclination; wish

4

continuation

2

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

2

ostentation; display

1

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

4

scar

1

leading; guiding; commanding

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

5

reservation; putting on hold; deferment

2

easy; simple; light

2

teacher and student

5

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

2

songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance

2

ceremony celebrating the formation of an organization (organisation)

2

of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man

1

foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

2

to be identified

1

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

3

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

4

embroidery

3

clothes worn by the nobility when attending Court

3

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

1

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

case; situation

7

seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)

3