jpdb beta

playmate; playfellow

1

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

4

pond

3

lane; alley

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

4

(large) building; public building; hall

4

Confucianist; Confucian (scholar)

1

Sakuma

1

framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)

1

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics

1

to run around

2

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

1

south side of a mountain; Sanyo district

1

Nihon Gaishi (22-volume history of Japan's samurai clans, written in classical Chinese; 1836)

1

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

2

to make one's heart flutter

1

garden; park

1

exception; exclusion

1

barbarian

3

in order; sequential; seriatim

2

children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants

1

castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure

2

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

2

Masamune

2

public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord

4

castle of a feudal lord

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

Muneyasu

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

2

one's remaining years

1

inner citadel; core; center; centre

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

2

marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo

1

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

5

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

2

the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery

2

martial arts

1

technique; art; skill; move

2

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

1

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

1

sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

5

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

2

rugged (mountains); craggy; jagged

1

eyebrow makeup; eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range

1

to smear; to daub; to shift (the blame onto someone else)

1

absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing

1

vast expanse

1