jpdb beta

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

3

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

to turn against; to become an enemy

2

ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

5

ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia

1

number of years

1

weather-beaten

1

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

1

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

1

middle

1

good wife

1

first step

3

to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

1

make good use of; make the most of

1

to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

5

present condition

1

dying of illness; dying of natural causes

2

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

3

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

88 years old; (arch.) rice

19

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

19

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

3

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

2

vassal; retainer

7

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

place to die; place of death

4

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

having gone too far to turn back

1

moron; idiot; stupid person

1

something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

1

to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

1

to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched

2

fool

2

by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances

1

to board a ship

8

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

9

sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship

2

on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

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

17

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

all; every

2

to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

2