jpdb beta

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

2

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

2

play; drama

2

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

2

poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

3

(lesson in) tough love

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

6

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

15

forest; shrine grove

6

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

1

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

3

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

3

Nakanoooenoouji (imperial prince, 614-671)

2

Nakatomi No Kamatari (614-669)

1

Soganoemishi

1

Soganoiruka

1

assassination

1

student teacher

2

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

Taika Reform of 645CE

2

legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart

1

to make plans

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

1

Heian-kyō; ancient Kyoto

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

2

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

Iruka

1

parent and child

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

4

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

3

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

2

to grow old; to age

3

wow

5

bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

2

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing

1

thick; dense; luxuriant

1

snoring; snore

1

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

3

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

6

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

4

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

3

to settle (a dispute)

2