jpdb beta

care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o

2

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

1

respect; esteem; regard

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

8

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

10

to be on the lookout; to lie in wait

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

6

to take advantage of an opportunity

2

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

2

to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job

3

coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

1

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

to flare up; to burst into flames

2

bright red; crimson lotus flower

1

village; hamlet; settlement

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

4

mother

2

to be burnt to death

2

big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

3

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

8

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

4

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

1

thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)

1

government official

1

many thousands

1

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

2

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

1

to lose hope

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

5

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

4

to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing

1

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

6

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

3

to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

2

military science; strategy; tactics

1

15; fifteen

3

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1