jpdb beta

public telephone; pay phone

2

night duty room

3

busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway

1

to keep (a person) waiting

1

telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

great admiration; deep respect

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

4

passing (along the way)

2

side gate; side door; service entrance

1

small number of people

1

encouragement; urging

2

special case; exception

1

southeast

1

geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

1

Monzennakachō

3

rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.

15

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

6

double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

6

Friday

2

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

2

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

lowly people (Edo period); eta

5

assumed name; alias

1

jumping to a hasty conclusion

2

harmless

1

professional duties

3

obeying; observing; following

1

ten-day report

1

(putting on the) airs of an official

1

attendance

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

4

ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy

2

three-stringed guitar

1

type of jōruri recitation

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

party of two

1

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

2

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

2

dirt; filth; grime

1

mature woman; middle-aged woman

1

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

2

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity

1

so much

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

1