jpdb beta

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

2

government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve

2

to be found; to be discovered

1

matter for great congratulation

1

Horibe Yasuhyoue Taketsune

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

rice field

1

riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

1

old woman

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

2

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

7

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

3

as (somebody) says

3

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

Tottori (city, prefecture)

2

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

arrival

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

6

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

8

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

folding one's arms

2

reason; cause; circumstances

3

reason; pretext; motive

7

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

to cast down one's eyes

3

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

25

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

4

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

9

and; thereupon; because of that

4

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

5

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

6

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

6

use; utilization; utilisation; application

2

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

anecdote

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

tragic

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

5

acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

2

surely; certainly

13

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

4

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

2