jpdb beta

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

7

relatively; comparatively

1

to think too much; to be over-concerned

2

unhappy; sad; gloomy

4

Lothian

2

filter paper

1

word; vocabulary

1

(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)

1

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

4

a period (of time)

1

Russia

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

2

ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.

1

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

9

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

1

to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

Systema

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

2

army

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

1

at a young age; while still young

1

Imperial household

2

spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

2

having an ancient and honorable origin

1

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

3

much less; to say nothing of

3

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

6

anywhere

2

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

1

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

congratulation; celebration

1

neo

1

Saitama (city, prefecture)

1

special skill

2

puzzle

2

game

6

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

it is I who should say so

2

to live; to make a living; to get on with

4

prison

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1