jpdb beta

change of era

4

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

3

child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person

2

four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)

4

Danzou

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Utaemon

2

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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village

3

demand for; request

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

2

style of acting

4

complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal

2

both groups; both factions

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roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

2

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

2

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

1

one element; one factor

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

1

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

negative (of a picture)

1

foreign country

3

Toshusai Sharaku (Edo period painter)

3

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

4

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

2

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

2

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career

4

entrance curtain (in noh)

3

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

4

suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

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sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

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bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

2

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

2

directly opposite; right in front

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Iwai Hanshirou (1927.8-)

3

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

2

leader of a troupe

2

blind man; masseur (usu. blind)

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

2

dance (in kabuki); dance play

4

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

wheat bran

2

god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

2

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

2

tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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