jpdb beta

to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

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talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

2

still; even now; to this day

3

anecdote; common talk

1

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

2

good evening

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

2

noise; sound

1

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

9

to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

3

battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

1

three wheels

6

young girl; lass; adolescent female

1

Urasenke school of tea ceremony

1

master; teacher; stable master

95

to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)

1

usually; ordinarily; in the past

1

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)

1

Nihonbashi

1

apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude

1

to be in high spirits

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

3

single room; own room

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

1

passing shower

2

the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs

1

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

6

to wait all day

1

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

wainscoting; wainscotting; sliding door's decorative paper skirt

1

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

2

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

street vendor; peddler

1

song; singing

3

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

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mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave

1

small bird; little bird

4

surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

1

Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

1

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

2