jpdb beta

law; ban; prohibition; ordinance

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luxury; extravagance

5

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

3

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

(political) purge

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

1

poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

the four seasons

2

father and mother; parents

2

liking; taste; choice

1

to hate; to detest

2

like this; this sort; this way

2

consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

to be careful in speech

1

to forbid; to suppress

2

to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

indolence

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

2

but; however

3

gold and silver; money

1

tightening

3

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

1

economic measure

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

seniority; precedence; upper seat

1

reigning; controlling; dictating

1

initiator; instigator; flagman; leader

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

3

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

highway to success

1

dash; rush

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

2

prohibition; ban; embargo

1

to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

2

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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