jpdb beta

your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

jewel; precious stone; gem

1

engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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briskly; quickly; promptly

2

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

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other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

glibly; volubly; at great length; to chatter away; to talk at great length; to babble

1

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

6

neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

1

running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

1

breadth of mind; generosity; magnanimity

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

3

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

steel; sword steel; sword

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

to temper; to harden; to torture; to discipline

1

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

3

metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

2

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

1

joint; seam

1

brass

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iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

2

to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

1

chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper

2

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

2

shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin

2

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

2

red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)

1

depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)

1

grave; gravesite; tomb

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring

3

present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

3

one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)

2

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

giving; presenting

1

catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation

2

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

destination; place one stays during a trip

1

return to one's country; return to one's hometown

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judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

1

interior; inside; internal

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