jpdb beta

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

1

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

22

reading and writing

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

4

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

4

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

11

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

7

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

5

woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

5

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

2

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

5

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

three people

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

1

to be moderate of; to save; to curtail

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

4

to love

1

a little bit; a little while

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

5

cover; lid; cap

3

fire; flame; blaze

1

Tetsunosuke

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

1

edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum

1

Kounoshin

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bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

1

thank you; thanks

4

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

5

Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

bakufu; shogunate

2

Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

1

conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

1

worn-out rice land

6

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

1

opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

3

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

Sakuma

2

English (language)

1

private-school student

6

that; those; the

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

5