jpdb beta

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

4

two persons; two people; pair; couple

11

traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

2

whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

3

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

2

apology; excuse

2

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

4

no!; no no!; no, not at all

4

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

3

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

4

story; tale; talk; discussion

2

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

2

secret; private; surreptitious

1

one's subordinate

2

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

1

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

1

scolding

1

already; too late

5

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

5

if it is the case that ...

1

what sort of; what kind of; what way

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

lenient; gentle

2

village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)

1

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

9

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

2

(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

10

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

8

originally

2

samurai; warrior; military family

6

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1