jpdb beta

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

2

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

2

principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

2

propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work

2

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

3

taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

1

letter; missive; note; mail

2

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

2

lust; sexual appetite

1

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content

1

reading a book in turn

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

4

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

3

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

3

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

1

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

100; hundred

3

fifty; 50

3

years later

3

domestic affairs; internal administration

4

cheating

4

how; in what way; how about

6

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

6

east

1

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

1

(some) more; even more; longer; further

3

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

3

disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen

1

dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

wars; disturbances

3

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

3

to occur; to happen

5

priest soldier; warrior monk

2

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

4

enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine

1

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

1

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

1

direct petition

2

demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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