jpdb beta

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

6

personal appearance; looks

2

to lean over; to lean in

2

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

5

Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

3

highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability

1

one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

4

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

4

self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

1

jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

1

actually; really

7

embolism; intercalation

1

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

1

Oshikōji

1

monkey

1

to strangle to death

1

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

2

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

10

personage; person (deserving of respect)

1

supporters of the shogun

3

chief; head; leader

2

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

5

the said family; the same family

2

strategist; tactician; schemer

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

11

Ugou

1

Genba

11

cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure

2

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

5

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

4

seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)

1

to hear of; to learn of

4

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

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

3

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

34

appearance; look; dress

3

directly; in person; firsthand

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)

4

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

5

guardhouse; sentry box; checkpoint (Edo period); town magistrate's office (Edo period)

1

to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

3

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

1

diagonal

1

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career

2

both sides

4

teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

2

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through

3