jpdb beta

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

1

indicates emphasis

1

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

7

family; members of a family

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

4

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

1

this evening; tonight

3

visitor; caller

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

cleaning; scrubbing

1

ornament; decoration

1

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

4

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

secret; mystery

1

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

string made from twisted paper

2

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

3

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

3

raining; downpour

4

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

3

that well-known ...

2

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

2

only; sole; unique

2

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

2

Oshigome

1

toilet

2

privy; toilet

1

with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

5

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting

1

policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)

1

the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar

5

ho-ho

2

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

2

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2