jpdb beta

lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

1

paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

2

advance celebration

1

easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy

1

topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

6

entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

3

incompatible; (going together) like oil and water

1

succession to another's professional name

1

to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

3

instantly; resolutely

1

lifestyle; way of life

1

expulsion; excommunication

3

to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

Tokyo Olympics

1

Manchuria

1

the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

1

tendon

1

debt collection; debt collector

1

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

1

ashamed

1

to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

funny; amusing

1

Rookie of the Year award

2

entreaty to a deity

1

superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

2

locomotive; engine

1

practice; training

1

suddenly; with a jerk

1

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

35

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

1

to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

can never be able to

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker

1

cheering in chorus; saying in unison

1

to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

1

pro wrestling; professional wrestling

1

in person; personally; directly

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

3

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

1