jpdb beta

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam

2

several months

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

2

hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

5

legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

1

scroll mounter; picture framer

4

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

2

belfry; bell tower

3

ancestor; forefather; foremother

5

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

1

treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

2

Houitsu

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Bunchō

1

person of letters; literary person

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

3

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

4

time; hour; moment

2

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

3

machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

3

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

if it's the case

2

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

10

last year

1

article (in a collection, etc.); piece

1

antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

4

mounting (a picture)

1

tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

2

cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper

1

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

1

vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink

6

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

3

Darumadaishi

1

square seal (companies, etc.)

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

3

precedent

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

2

particularly; only; in the case of

1

bold; daring; audacious

1

all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext

1

(measuring) ruler

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

looks

1

hair

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