jpdb beta

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

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Edo period (1603-1868)

2

farmer; peasant

4

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim

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the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

2

going on a pleasure jaunt

1

if is not; if are not

1

Meiji Restoration (1868)

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wealthy person

1

promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

(one's parents') home

1

Goshogawara

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

16; sixteen

2

dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)

4

last year

1

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

friend

1

midway; halfway through; in the course of

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

ship used in Japanese missions to Ming-dynasty China

3

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

6

licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

1

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1

domestic demand

1

internal; domestic

1

production; manufacture

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

1

luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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to obtain; to procure

2

trade (foreign)

3

freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

each (every) time; whenever

1

ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

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