jpdb beta

extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

3

oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

2

family which supports a temple; parishioner

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

2

terauke system; system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith

1

family registry (of the district; Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo-period census

1

in name but not in reality

1

national prestige

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

2

Shinto; Shintoism

1

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

2

important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

1

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

locals; local inhabitants

1

rich man; man of wealth

3

influential person; man of importance

2

heredity; heritage

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish

1

State Shintō; nationalistic and ideological form of Shinto, abolished in 1945

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

1

reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build

1

external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

5

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

inner citadel; core; center; centre

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)

1

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

1

warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period

1

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

1

divination; fortune-telling; mantic

1

convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

new discovery; new invention

1

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

1

living witness

2

to keep secret; to conceal

2

Mitsuzuka

15

operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution

1

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

3

to encamp; to take up positions

1

body (of car); frame

1

opposite side; opposition

1

a quarrel; argument

1

to change one's mind

2

to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter

1