jpdb beta

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

4

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

14

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

13

research visit; visit to collect data (esp. historical, folklore, etc.)

3

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

3

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

5

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

3

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

21

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

11

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

3

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

2

degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

3

how; in what way; how about; questionable

11

clothes

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

4

bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

2

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

13

eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

6

four-legged tray for festive food

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

2

technique; art; skill; move

3

Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

21

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

1

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

8

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

3

to harvest; to reap

1

immediately following

2

public holiday; celebration (of)

9

return; welcome home

3

once more; again

12

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

4

first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

9

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

7

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

2

23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month

55

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

8

counter for nights

14

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

1

else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides

3

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

17

to state; to express; to mention

13

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

22

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

39

backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount

2