jpdb beta

the street; the town

1

fortunetelling (as an occupation)

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

4

earnestly; immediately; exactly

1

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

a certain ...; some ...

4

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

3

that; those; the

5

to say; to state

7

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

8

opinion; intention; thought

1

politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

1

certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

4

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

2

grave; serious; alarming

2

sign; indication

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

21

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

4

denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

2

tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude

1

on the way back; returning

1

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

2

Kujou Kanezane (1149-1207)

1

official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines

1

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

1

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

10

episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote

1

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

2

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

1

place of exile

2

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

2

attendant; companion

2

becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

3

release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display

1

belief; acceptance (of truths)

1

cover; lid; cap

1

thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

2

Kenpō era (1213.12.6-1219.4.12)

1

approximate age; age range

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

earnestly; humbly

1

French (language)

1

beat; mora

2