jpdb beta

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

2

left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back

1

direction of the wind

1

both hands; both arms; ten

4

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

1

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

4

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

2

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

6

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

5

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

3

remainder; the rest; residue

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

21

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

2

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

3

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

considerably; fairly; quite

7

kanji; Chinese character

1

Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)

9

literacy rate

2

comparatively; relatively

1

in one's own way or style

5

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic

1

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

1

books for loan

1

work; business; company; study

1

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

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

4

agricultural community; farm village; rural

2

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

8

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

5

if it is the case that ...

11

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

6

revolt; rebellion; war

22

village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)

1

slave; servant; slavery

4

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

8

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

various countries; various regions; various provinces

1

noble; aristocrat; peer

3

head of the house

1

mother

1

niece

2

general; shogun

47

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

3

slaver; slave trader

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

6

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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