jpdb beta

high and low (social standing)

1

every other; second; alternate

2

having various interests; wide range of interests

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

9

tea room; tea ceremony

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

harmony; reconciliation

1

master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

1

Kanou Eitoku

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

4

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

2

after death; posthumously

11

Kanou Sanraku (1559-1635)

1

Tawarayasoutatsu

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

6

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

2

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

4

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

4

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

4

Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)

1

counter for colours

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

3

rough sketch

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

7

blank space; margin; blank canvas

2

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

3

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

2

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

11

something wider than it is high; artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)

1

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

3

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

22

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

17

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

1

sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

travelling expenses; traveling expenses

2

portrait painting

1

heron (Ardeidae)

4

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

9

wild horse

1

oak (esp. Quercus serrata)

1

horned owl

1

horned owl

1

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

6

brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

1

ume (plum) blossoms

2