jpdb beta

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

2

to (do) like this

1

immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods); low-ranking vassal (of the shogun; Edo period)

1

permanence; eternity

2

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

1

axe; ax; hatchet

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

2

trial; test; try

2

riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue

3

shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors

1

fishing tackle

1

fisherman

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

2

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

3

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

in a line; in a row

1

to form a line; to queue up; to line up

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

1

side of a moat

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

children; kids

1

to face on; to look out on to

5

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

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

2

gate (of a property); (in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)

1

estate; plot of land

1

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

2

one; one

3

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

2

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

4

mouth of river; estuary

1

cultivated rice field

1

near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

1

open sea; Okinawa

1

view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect

1

live fish

1

article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale

1

opening a business; opening a practice

2

to smile (at); to grin (at)

4

Fujii

2

to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

6

Kuze

1

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

2

daimyo's residence on the outskirts of Edo; daimyo villa

2