jpdb beta

to cast down one's eyes

11

eldest brother

7

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

2

fatal; deadly; mortal

1

depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

15

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

3

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

the reason is ...; it is because ...

1

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

4

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

134

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

2

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

2

than; other than; except; but

1

to begin to cry

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

2

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

visit to a grave

6

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

11

tombstone; gravestone

10

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

2

indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous

1

to make a speech; to address

9

retainer; retinue; servant

2

follower; attendant; valet; servant

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

3

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

4

it's been a long time; long time no see

6

one month

14

to assist; to help out

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

4

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

8

public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)

1

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

4

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

3

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

11

weird; eerie; uncanny

2

to come back

3

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

17

thrusting (a spear, etc.)

3

to finish reading; to read through

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

Kiichi

3

half step; half a step

2

wind pressure

3

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1