jpdb beta

ability; performance; efficiency

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

Westerner

1

ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle

1

hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire

1

tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)

1

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

1

ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords

1

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

flatness

2

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

4

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

1

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

cigarette

1

farmer; peasant

1

root vegetables boiled in broth

1

to stick to

1

good material; good timber; able persons

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

practice; practising; experience

3

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

2

stickiness

1

producing area

2

hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line

1

ebony

1

bituminous coal

1

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

bridge of a koto

1

shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument

2

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

2

good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

1

careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

1

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

minuteness; one millionth

1

slight intoxication; being tipsy

1

kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen

1

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

1

collecting; gathering

2