jpdb beta

hunger; starvation

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

2

to help each other; to cooperate

3

meeting; greeting; welcome

4

messenger; envoy; emissary

2

street vendor; peddler

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

4

look!; there!; here!; that is

7

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

5

summer

1

both; (not) either

1

lifesaver; person who saved one's life

2

seeing one off; farewell; escort

3

to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

4

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

4

weak person; the weak

2

to have the nerve to

8

one year and a half

3

during imprisonment; while in jail

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

rain and wind; driving rain

1

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

1

to take root; to strike

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

2

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

1

Iemitsu

1

once a year

1

various countries; various regions; various provinces

2

pressure; oppression; suppression

1

simplification

1

ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

4

caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

189

Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)

10

Rintarou

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

2

can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...

1

splendid horse; promoted bishop

56

reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

3

first step

1