jpdb beta

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

4

high blood pressure; hypertension

2

stomach cancer

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

4

Japanese person; Japanese people

5

salt; salt content

1

overdose; excessive consumption

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

2

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage

1

chief; main; principal; important

5

cause of death

1

to covet; to lust for

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

interest; rights; concession

8

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

5

exactly as stated; verbatim

7

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

3

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

4

for example; for instance; e.g.

6

18; eighteen

2

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

4

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

6

to occur; to happen

9

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

Asanotakuminokami

5

surviving retainer

1

storeroom (attached to a house); Imperial warehouse

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

2

Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)

5

revenge

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

1

loyalty; faithfulness

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause

1

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

4

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

2

Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)

1

Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

2

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

4

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

35

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

2

location famous for production of something (usually food)

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

both families

1

long-term

2

enmity; antagonism; hostility

1