jpdb beta

literary woman; talented woman

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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liking; taste; choice

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mere; only a ...

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influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)

4

used article (esp. clothes)

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on the street; around town; the world; the public

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strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

6

twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days

2

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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Tsunenori

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gentlemen

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true account

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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second day of the month; two days

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

3

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

3

wage; recompense

1

omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

2

woman; girl

1

first; new

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the following; next

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twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

1

stroke (of a kanji, etc.)

1

to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)

1

establishment (of a business); founding

1

recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

1

ambitious; enterprising

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

7

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

be; is

3

pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

4

stairs; stairway; staircase

2

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

3

below

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

3

to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

1

base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

subterranean drain; culvert; conduit

2

to burrow through; to dig through

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

4

already; now; no longer; not any more

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to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

1