jpdb beta

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

3

to be talented; to be able

1

highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

2

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

6

Maebashi (city in Gunma)

1

inlet; seashore; beach

4

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

2

to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

immediate follower (of the shogun)

2

troublesome; bothersome

1

voluntary; optional; free; elective

1

paperwork

1

manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)

1

enshrined deity

3

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

1

Ototachibanahime (wife of Yamatotakeru, 12th Emperor of Japan)

1

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

1

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

enemy nation

1

diplomat

1

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

2

course of action

1

politics; government

9

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

1

in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

1

(one's parents') home

11

accidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident

3

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

2

power; influence

1

mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

1

to cackle

2

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

1

sense of reality

1

leaving; quitting; retiring

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

8

to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain

1

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

7

for men

2

wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on

1

trousers; pants

1

fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

1

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

2

thoughtful; deep-thinking

1

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

1

the same opinion

1

bell (often globular)

2