jpdb beta

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

4

to hide; to conceal

2

at present; now

1

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

6

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity

1

so much; so; like that

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

5

verse

2

the front of a building; facade

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property

4

rather than

1

imported; foreign-made

2

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

2

olden days; former

5

musical instrument

3

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

1

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

unusual customs

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

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

2

flatness

1

triangle

1

string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

1

thread; yarn; string

1

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

1

ivory

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

6

ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)

7

sailor; seaman

1

deck (of a ship)

2

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

meditation; contemplation

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

2

freedom; liberty

3

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

2