jpdb beta

to shave

5

ability; skill; facility

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

4

to daub; to smear

1

melon; gourd

1

wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon

1

washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

1

washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)

1

hunter

3

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

5

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)

3

complete recovery from illness

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

high class; noble

4

kind-hearted; benevolence

1

poor doctor; inept doctor; quack

1

poor doctor; inept doctor; quack

1

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

4

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

himself; yourself; herself

1

proxy; representative

2

audience (with a person of high standing)

2

talk; chat

1

to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply

1

upward glance; upturned eyes

1

pleased to make your acquaintance

1

tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

smoky; awkward; ill at ease

1

to be born; to come into the world

1

mule

3

solely; entirely; only; or

2

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

2

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

3

why; how

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

4

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

anyhow; in any case

7

noble visitor

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

3

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

1

meeting; greeting; welcome

2

another fief

1

attendants; retinue

1

unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono

3

one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold

3

man's stiff sash

1

to become greasy; to be oil-stained

1

to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

1

what do you want?; can I help you?

1