jpdb beta

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

2

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

5

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

9

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

8

sunlight filtering through trees

1

small hill; low hill; hillock

2

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

8

(water-filled) paddy field

7

the West; the Occident; Western countries

3

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

15

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

15

town; city; municipal; urban

30

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

19

stone wall

4

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

10

sentry; sentinel

1

here and there; in places

5

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

1

archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier

2

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

3

politics; government

5

feudal lord

99

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

from the viewpoint of; according to

11

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

16

one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

4

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

6

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

7

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

large-scale

8

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

37

the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

11

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

14

population of a fief

10

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

2

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

3

single-storied house; single-storied building

1

roof tile

3

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

4

dressed in a kimono

1

dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

2

poor or lowly masterless samurai

2

Monday

1

topknot (hair style)

3

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

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