jpdb beta

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

2

to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

well; now; then

1

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

2

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

2

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

to hang (e.g. oneself)

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

5

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

7

Matsujirou

1

firearms; missile; projectile weapon

1

ship's bottom; bilge

2

religious conversion

1

fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test

2

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

3

to persist in saying

1

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

carelessly; inattentively

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

2

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

to be answerable (for); to take the blame

1

torture

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

1

to get tired out; to be exhausted

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

2

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

2

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

2

east-southeast; ESE

1

ocean; sea; the deep

1

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

1

august; beautiful

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

1

new; unused; new

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

Izu Islands

1

stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes

2

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

2