jpdb beta

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

3

hemp cloth; linen

3

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

3

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

1

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

1

secret; mystery

1

bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)

1

interval; break; pause; spare moment

1

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

3

vulgar; unrefined

2

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

2

immediate follower (of the shogun)

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

weeping; lamenting

1

older brother; elder brother

17

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

1

wealthy farmer

1

wealthy merchant

2

acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

1

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

6

to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad

2

elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

3

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

3

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1

(another person's) younger sister

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

6

spacious; vast; wide

3

pawning; pawnage; pledging (stock, share subscription rights, etc.)

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

4

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

prostitute; harlot

3

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

2

bond; deed; contract

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

older brother

1

old body; aged person; elderly person

1

while; during (the time when)

2

to be obstinate

2

to weep the night out; to weep all night

1

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

2

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

3

tribute

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

2

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

4

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

earnings

2