jpdb beta

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

2

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

2

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

rule; reign; peaceful times

1

(within a) territory; domains

1

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

3

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

1

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

slaughter; massacre

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

Karukaya

1

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

4

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

11

valley

4

Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk); Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

1

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

1

thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)

1

ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.

1

crime

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

sins (which prevent entry into bliss)

1

disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

1

sin; iniquity; crime

2

Muromachi period (1333-1573)

2

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

changing directions; turning around

1

the deceased; the departed

1

bishop's staff; khakkhara

1

boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

1

(musical) accompaniment

3

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

12

half a lifetime

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

4

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

2

to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

1

stock or supply of lumber

1

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō

1

wrong course; evil course

1

hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony

2