jpdb beta

away from home; while travelling

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

inner heart

1

cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

1

dignified

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

2

writing on someone's behalf

2

childhood

1

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

2

heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

5

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

4

confession

2

to complete decisively; to do to completion

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

New Year's Week (festivities)

1

slack; looseness; play

1

rarely; seldom

5

female friend; woman friend

2

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

5

the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

4

type of jōruri narrative performance

2

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

2

unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable

1

a sweet voice

1

geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

2

slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

2

self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license

2

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

rice bin; breadwinner

2

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

3

to pawn; to pledge

1

rental library

1

picture book

2

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

3

to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

1

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

2

still; even now; to this day

3

anecdote; common talk

1

good evening

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

2

sounds

1

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign

1

tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

1

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

2

three wheels

8

battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

2

young girl; lass; adolescent female

1

Urasenke school of tea ceremony

1