jpdb beta

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

5

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

7

(one's) self; oneself

23

bringing; taking; carrying

2

immense sum (of money); ten thousand yen

1

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

to sit down; to take a seat

1

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

3

trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

2

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

1

unsealed mail

1

feeling; sense; impression

5

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

4

to (keep on) file

1

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

4

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

3

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

as if; as though

6

prizing; valuing highly; esteeming

1

only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually

4

study; research; investigation

6

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

2

violent earthquake; severe earthquake

1

conflagration; fire

1

ash; ashes

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

bound book

1

printing

3

town-watches from the Edo period

1

(within a) city; local

1

every street corner; every crossing

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

5

Edo-era barbershop

1

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

3

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

7

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

16

characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)

7

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

10

joint signature

2

entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

2

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

33

Tsuruyananboku

3

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

2

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

2

Tachi

6

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

10