jpdb beta

this area; around here

1

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

4

leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

7

team

2

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

1

Abe

1

Seimei

1

Imperial Court

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

3

good or bad luck; fortune

2

to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast

2

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

1

vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition

1

Meiji Restoration (1868)

1

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

1

Imperial household

1

personal (employee); employed; retained

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

6

safety; security

2

politician; statesman

1

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

1

diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

1

branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

1

branch; branch office; subdivision

1

subcontractor; subcontracting company

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

1

to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

general contractor; main contractor; major construction company

1

we; us; I; me

1

building contractor; builder; building firm

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

1

to emphasize; to attach importance to

1

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

1

to build; to construct

2

exorcism rite; purification

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

advice; warning

1

politics; government

2

to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

as; because; with; due to

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1