jpdb beta

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

3

practice; practising; training; discipline

1

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

2

generally

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

1

cotton

2

(with just a) small amount; a bit; only a little

1

sharp sword

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

8

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

2

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

great swordsman; master fencer

6

to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

1

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

3

manuscript; version; draft

1

undergo a complete change; turn over a new leaf

1

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

11

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

11

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

1

womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

2

successive generations

1

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

4

to employ; to hire; to engage

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other

2

long

2

(arch.) pain; (arch.) trouble; illness

1

to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

2

to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin

3

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

2

gift; souvenir

1

being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

1

rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession

1

to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

2

in the city; in the community

2

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

2

mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

2

phew; whew

1

great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding

1

golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny

1