jpdb beta

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined

1

attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

3

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

admiration and devotion; hearty submission

1

afterglow; lingering light

1

one's person; around one's person

2

attendant; attendance upon another

1

great ruler

1

one's later years; final years (in life)

2

reverence; awe; respect

1

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

1

Kumamoto (city, prefecture)

4

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

1

entry into a castle (by a conquering force)

2

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

main gate; main entrance

1

palanquin; litter; bier; kago

2

wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on

1

loosely woven mat

1

worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

1

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; name; title

1

castle gate

1

threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

2

retainer; retinue; servant

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

daimyo

1

castle

6

reverence; veneration

1

prime of life

1

breadth of mind; generosity; magnanimity

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

1

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

archery; mapping; map; morphism

2

Hosokawa Tadatoshi

1

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

1

courtier; attendant

3

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

2

old man; old geezer

3

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position

1

old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; Meiji period women's hairstyle; type of dance in kabuki; knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

1

strength needed to pull back a bow

1

garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek

2