jpdb beta

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

large sum (of money)

1

hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

2

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

distant

3

flame; blaze

5

jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor

2

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

9

shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

2

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1

pickpocket

4

principal occupation; core business

2

samurai attached to a daimyo

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

light yellow

2

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

4

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

2

taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)

3

second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint

3

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

4

there is a tendency; there is a possibility

2

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

3

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

1

to smile

1

ceaselessness; incessancy; the Avici hell

2

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

6

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

6

washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

money

3

innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

2

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

4

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

1

oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

6

these days; now; recently

1

to stick to

4

see; you see; ha

1

clothes

1

small grain; small stature or ability

2

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

you; I; me; oneself

12

to lower; to be lowered

3

rather; better; instead; if anything

8

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

2