jpdb beta

for fun; half in jest

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

as soon as; right after

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

5

lady; gentleman; person

1

(arch.) I; you

4

to step on; to trample down; to tread on

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

2

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

front tooth

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

3

worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

directly opposite; right in front

1

falling from a horse

2

status of samurai

1

be; is

3

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

1

hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations

1

native

1

reverence

1

pseudo-; quasi-

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

1

next; then; after that

1

burial

1

remains; corpse; body

8

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

armor and helmet (armour)

3

battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

arms; armament

1

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

1

placing in the coffin

2

tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

1

ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia

1

worldly affairs; public affairs

1

viceroy; governor-general

1

fortunes of war

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

5

favor; favour; affection

1

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

1

the relation of master to servant

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

1

adverse circumstances; adversity

3