jpdb beta

hope; wish; aspiration

2

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

1

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

3

crowd of people

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism

1

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

2

streets

3

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

2

roof tile

1

residence; housing; residential building

1

intellectual

3

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

2

petty bourgeois; lower middle class

1

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

2

to gather; to collect; to assemble

1

west

3

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

2

lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)

1

one's home country; one's homeland

1

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

3

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

1

modest; reserved; quiet; humble

5

vocalization; vocalisation

1

legitimate; orthodox; traditional

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

1

rakugo story teller; comic story teller

1

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

3

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

Souseki

1

high class; high grade

1

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

ancestors

1

gesture

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era

1

speech; address

2

foreign language

1

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

1

islands

1

Kobe (city)

1