jpdb beta

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

2

house; family

1

great commander; famous commander

2

establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate

1

history; pedigree; lineage

2

newly forged sword; newly forged katana; shintō; new sword; katana forged after the advent of the Keichō era

2

master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)

4

complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character

1

foot-operated bellows; foot bellows; traditional Japanese clay furnace for smelting iron (operated with large foot bellows); Tatara furnace

1

thread; yarn; string

6

cocoon

2

textile; fabric

1

charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled

7

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

do ...

1

iron pot; kettle

4

door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician

1

street vendor (often carrying wares in baskets hanging from a pole); hawking goods; hawker

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

16

newly arrived; new (arrival)

1

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

3

formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person

1

beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

9

to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed

2

to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress

1

frequent; densely packed; thick

1

Toshusai Sharaku (Edo period painter)

1

second generation; second; junior

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)

1

oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

1

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

2

history; career

7

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

2

small island; islet

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

2

gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

1

invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

1

Kamakura Gongorou Kagemasa

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

5

Gakudou

1

republicanism; cooperation; working together

1

speech; address

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

8

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

2

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

mulberry field

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

4

male bathhouse attendant

1