jpdb beta

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

3

secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

2

inner court; quadrangle

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

2

now; at this time; as such; for this reason; hence

1

one's person; around one's person

1

many; numerous

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

3

general; shogun

8

lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

1

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

1

Iesada

2

wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

5

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

6

Shimazu Nariaki

1

daughter

1

palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

1

wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

three years

1

to die

2

widow

1

Tenshouin

4

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

cause of victory

1

(your, his, her) daughter

1

Imperial Guards

1

adopted daughter; foster daughter

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

3

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

6

authority; power; influence

2

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

1

mother

3

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

1

dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

1

iron pot; kettle

1

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

1

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

treating someone like a child

1

natural; reasonable; understandable

1

thirty; 30

4