jpdb beta

master; teacher; stable master

95

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

1

usually; ordinarily; in the past

1

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

to be in high spirits

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

3

single room; own room

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

1

passing shower

4

the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

6

to wait all day

1

solid; substantial; substantive

1

wainscoting; wainscotting; sliding door's decorative paper skirt

1

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

2

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

street vendor; peddler

1

mountain recess; deep in the mountains

1

small bird; little bird

4

to rust; to become rusty

1

surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

1

Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2

to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so

1

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

2

trousers; pants

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

to announce the time

1

popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty

1

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

1

conquest; subjugation; overcoming

1

to dream (of)

2

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

2

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

1

being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

2

Blowin' in the wind

1

captive; prisoner of war

1

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

joke; jest; banter

2

assumed innocence; feigned ignorance

2

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

3

humorous writing

2