jpdb beta

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

5

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

2

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

2

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

6

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

1

near; close; beside; third person

1

manager; steward; factotum; useful person

1

Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

6

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

3

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

3

term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

2

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

subject; theme

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

5

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

5

scenery

1

number; series of digits

1

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

1

plan; design; layout

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

2

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

2

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

4

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

5

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

8

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

6

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

2

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

8

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

11

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

3

baby; infant

2

Italian (person)

1

private tutor; coach; governess

1

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

4

substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

4

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

5

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2