jpdb beta

apology; excuse

1

Genpachi

1

young lord; successor of one's current lord

4

babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

2

foolish; stupid; silly

1

this morning

1

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

Teruhi

6

princess; daughter of a nobleman

5

Kousuke

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

2

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

3

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

2

why; how

1

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

1

Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital

9

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

4

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

4

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

2

be; is

7

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

2

to; towards; for

1

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly

1

I; me

1

samurai; warrior; military family

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

4

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

3

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

1

for this reason

1

like this; this sort; this way

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

2

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

3

Gontarou

1

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

1