jpdb beta

one's wife

1

overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky

1

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

1

to step back; to walk backwards

2

tidying up; finishing

1

to be busy at work; to work diligently

2

tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki

2

description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

2

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

to lower; to be lowered

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity

1

adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

1

great success; happy result; good result

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

2

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor

3

bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)

2

tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

2

short break; breather; brief recess; rest

1

some day; hereafter; at some future time

2

to complete one's journey

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

1

to call again; to call (someone) back

1

kitchen

1

water jug

1

chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts

1

servant girl

1

cooking

1

pickled vegetables

1

lady; nobleman's wife

2

cooking; food preparation

1

liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice

1

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

1

winter sun; winter sunshine; day on which the temperature drops below 0°C; below-freezing day

1

incense; fragrance

1

to cut; to prune; to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

1

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

2