jpdb beta

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

4

return; coming back

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

4

smile

3

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

3

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

12

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

8

soap dish or box

1

letter; note

2

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

3

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

4

to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

2

going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance

2

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

letter; note; letter (alphabetic); character

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

suffix for familiar person

13

to say; to tell; to state; to do

4

ardent; passionate; vehement

2

(romantic) love

26

society; the world; the times

6

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

green calabash; unripe gourd; pale and sickly person; pallid and thin person

2

not only

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

inner room

5

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

1

article; item; thing; goods; wares

1

to happily give away; to be glad (to give, to get rid of)

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski

2

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

3

way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system

2

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

7

maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

5

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

1

eldest son

1

armful; employee

1

prostitute; harlot

3

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2