jpdb beta

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

2

butterfly

6

stranger; outsider

1

bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

1

bride

2

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

7

childhood

1

way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

6

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

4

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

2

to wear out

4

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

6

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

3

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

3

to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

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)

2

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

1

with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

3

bride and groom

1

ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth

1

dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time

1

appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

2

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

11

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)

6

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

6

grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

2

the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

1

mushroom millionaire

1

Matasaburō

1

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

3

new house; branch family

1

wife

2

twice

2

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

9

great success; huge success

1

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

28

then; if so; if

9

permanence; continuation

3

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

3

to grow old; to age

1

stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

3

half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised

1

or; otherwise

1