jpdb beta

greed; avarice

1

to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect

1

here I am; I'm home!

1

important business

1

weary from traveling (travelling)

1

pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack

4

play; drama

5

tricks with water

3

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

18

performance; playing on stringed instruments

1

gift; souvenir; curtain; handle (on a fusuma or shoji door)

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

2

bad habit; vice

1

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

2

drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour

2

mother; wife

4

declaration; profession

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

1

abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism

1

to go too far; to go to excess

1

nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism

1

temporary theater; temporary theatre; lean-to

2

call; hail; yell

1

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

2

guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience

1

sitting calmly; sitting comfortably; sitting cross-legged; being at ease; being content

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

3

vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

1

audience; spectator; spectators

2

thick curtain; drop curtain

2

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

3

orchestra

1

boisterous dance

1

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

2

black belt (judo, karate, etc.)

1

ahem; harrumph

1

august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

2

ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana

1

to work one's way up

1

anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary

1

street performing

2

marriage; marriage tie; love knot

1

great enthusiasm; high excitement

1

very loose; slowly; leisurely

3

viewing

1

long (time); protracted; prolonged

2