jpdb beta

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

6

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

4

lung

2

squint eye; cross-eye; strabismus

1

main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject

9

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

8

stupid brat; son of a bitch

1

exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

adoptive family

1

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered

1

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

2

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

8

biological parent; real parent

2

volunteer soldier

1

heroic; brave

1

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban

2

to be ungrateful

2

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

2

father and mother; parents

2

foster father; adoptive father

48

to arrive; to come to pass

3

hard line

1

fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

6

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

kingdom; monarchy

2

Netherlands; Holland

3

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

6

country; territory; domain; realm

8

place to go; destination

2

Dutchman; Dutchwoman

2

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

2

diplomatic relations

1

faith; fidelity; loyalty

2

harbour

6

(very) familiar; well-acquainted

4

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

2

place of residence; dwelling place

2

trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory

1

to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck

2

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

2

diplomat

1

independent state; independent nation

1

government in exile

1

(women's) refuge

1

ancestor

3

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

3

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

14

war of independence

2

remnants of a defeated army

1