jpdb beta

se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)

1

bu; traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres; commission; percentage; exactly; precisely

1

selling off; disposal by sale; sale

1

25; twenty five

8

relative; relation; kin

14

guarantor

1

Eikichi

21

guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

3

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

33

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

10

helper; assistant; help; assistance

7

to learn something through hearing

2

fee; charge; rate; material

5

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

3

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

4

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

5

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

naturally dark-skinned

1

kimono with design on the skirt

1

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

3

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

old style; ancient rites

4

clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

43

farmland; rice field or paddy

3

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

5

rudder; helm

1

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

2

nature; disposition

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

3

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

2

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

3

story; tale; talk; discussion

5

yearned for; longed for; missed

5

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

5

public service

5

to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity

1

room with a raised floor

8

staying the night; lodging (at)

3

Monday

4

to count; to enumerate

15

Hikone

1

Kamon

1

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

2

Naruse

1

Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima

2