jpdb beta

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

2

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

2

living room (Japanese-style)

2

to be silent; to say nothing

13

closet

9

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

9

wheat bran

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

15

wicker trunk; wicker luggage

2

cough; coughing; tussis

6

rose

5

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

7

lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

4

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

2

to shine

2

ceiling boards

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

smoothly; swiftly

1

rope ladder

15

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

11

to go along; to walk along; to follow

2

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

servant; menial

10

bow (salute, greeting)

3

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

4

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

11

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

4

horsefly; gadfly

1

to be

12

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

9

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

12

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

11

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

wooden wall

11

measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

4

measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

2

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

3

window

25

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

5

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

5

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

3

paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

2

fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

2

charcoal; charred remains

1

bright red; bright

2

to burn; to get fired up

9