jpdb beta

entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)

4

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

acute ear; good ear

1

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

3

place where one works; construction site; working area

4

wood grain; unpainted wood

1

office desk; work desk

1

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

1

chisel

1

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

1

toolbox

1

netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

5

ivory

9

(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

6

boil; blister; pimple

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

2

topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

4

nickname

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

4

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

3

meaning; called; said

1

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

6

I; we

2

tea utensils

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

8

manner of using one's hands

4

small teapot

2

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

3

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

bowl (ceramic, porcelain); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

1

freely; frankly; without reserve

2

to bear; to endure

11

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

3

summer

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

8

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing

1

relation; connection

7

roadside tree; row of trees

2

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

3

carriage; movement (of the body)

3

difference; variation; difference

3

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

before now; hitherto

4

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

2

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

3

possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

1