jpdb beta

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

4

maid; handmaid

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

one's home; one's house

1

wooden flooring

1

Western-style room

1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

1

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

2

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

1

slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

1

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

one large ...; a great ...

1

distribution system

1

major dealer; wealthy merchant

1

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

3

to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

1

to be

1

secret; secrecy

2

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

(sound of one's) heartbeat

1

octave

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

1

personal (employee); employed; retained

1

new technology

1

(written) report

1

book title

1

to read (a book, etc.) over again

1

august; beautiful

1

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

1

text; textbook

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

several types; several kinds; several species

1

improvement; reform

1

how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

because

1

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

to have an interest (in)

1

therefore; consequently

1