jpdb beta

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

3

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

9

leader; authority; mainstay

4

arrangement; grouping

1

distribution; allotment

1

to distribute; to hand out

1

Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

1

one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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Fujitaka

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mulberry plantation

2

outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness

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provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

2

item; article; clause; section; point

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

2

ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

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flattery

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acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

3

omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

2

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

reverence

1

doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator

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divine protection; divine blessing; blessed; fortunate; monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo-period business tax

2

permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

1

in accordance with; subordinate to

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

3

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

1

provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule

1

26th day of the month; 26 days

1

autumn; fall

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administration; rule

5

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

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ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

2

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess

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narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

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mountain stream; mountain torrent

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to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

3

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

2

decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown

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to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

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on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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