jpdb beta

to write down; to record; to register

1

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

10

to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

4

to move (house); to change residence

4

noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick

1

now; nowadays

6

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

4

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

1

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

1

tree; trees and shrubs

3

sprout; bud; shoot

1

to bud

1

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

6

to change one's mind

1

notice; notification

2

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

11

you could say; you might say; verging on the

2

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

3

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

1

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

1

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

2

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

2

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

1

attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

those (near the second person)

4

ash; embers; complete destruction

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

19

indescribable; having no way to express

2

same family (race, tribe)

6

parents and siblings; one's relatives

2

desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

1

allegory; fable; parable

1

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

6

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

12

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

2

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

11

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

7

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

2

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

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

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

3