jpdb beta

was; were

5

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

to occur; to happen

4

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

2

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

2

cold water; cold sake; cold; cool

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

2

feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering

1

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

2

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

4

rather than

1

traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

2

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

2

dance

2

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

1

mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)

1

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

1

to make tea

2

happy memory; sweet memory

1

shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)

2

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

1

to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

tortoise shell

3

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

1

master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

6

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

1

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

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

1

1,000; thousand

2

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

2

bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

5

misunderstanding

1

to let someone say

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

1