jpdb beta

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

2

speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

1

departure; leaving; going away; recession

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

seeing; looking at

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

versification; tanka poetry

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

3

literature

1

flying bird

1

Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

1

Buddhist art

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors

14

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

1

kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

2

taste; flavour; flavor

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

1

long visit; overstaying

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

2

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

2

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

1

quiet conversation; idle talk

1

light rain; drizzle

1

to drizzle (rain)

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

2

secret

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

1

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

1

reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement

1

everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

1

why; how

1

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

3

attendance

6

comrade; fellow

1

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

2

only; sole; unique

3

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

1

several times; several degrees

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

1

to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

1

public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

6