jpdb beta

to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten

1

at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

indolence

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)

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

4

in that way; thus; so; so?

8

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

4

trade; buying and selling

3

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

sudden price jump; steep price rise

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

3

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

5

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

4

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

farmer; peasant

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

2

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

4

(United States of) America; USA

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

1

adds force or indicates command

8

but; however

3

gold and silver; money

1

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

1

tightening

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

4

money; metal

2

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

7

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

politics

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

3

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

3

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

1