jpdb beta

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

3

type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)

2

practice; practising; training; study

3

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

eight picturesque sights

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

1

Koine

1

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

2

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

1

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

1

to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

1

melody; intonation

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

5

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

1

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face

1

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

musical instrument

1

orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

4

great laughter; burst of laughter

2

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

3

to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock

1

than; other than; except; but

1

hand drum

11

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

to look stupid; to have a critical lack

3

to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good

1

portrait

3

exhibition

3

Utamaro

2

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

2

the four seasons

1

projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

1

the two; both

4

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

body proportions

1

life-size

1

folding fan

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

5

if I (we, etc.) could

2

freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

to have an interest (in)

3