jpdb beta

genre; category; kind

6

to add (to); to add on; to append

8

engraver; carver; sculptor

3

Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

1

to have an interest (in)

7

Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)

1

to sell off; to sell completely

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

13

rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period

1

academic; scholarly; scientific

2

informal; unofficial

15

warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)

5

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint

1

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

5

in addition

6

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

15

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

in; on; at; during; in the condition of

1

to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

7

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

16

scout; patrol; spy

4

scouting; reconnaissance

8

suspicious person

5

state of confusion

1

open (for business)

1

closing hour

1

certain evidence; definite evidence

1

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

7

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

reinforcement

3

moreover; in addition

42

baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

6

selection

2

holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)

3

reading aloud; recitation

1

waiting in vain

2

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

14

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

6

perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated

1

group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group

4

alternately; by turns

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

2

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

1

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

3

to get sleep; to sleep

3

nap; doze

2

camping; campground; making camp

6

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

2

massing (of troops); gathering

9