jpdb beta

maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

5

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

2

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

3

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

1

etiquette; good manners

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

4

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

young master; young gentleman

1

fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

1

son; punk; brat; penis

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

how many; how old

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

3

how; in what way; by what means

1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

1

missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

2

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele

1

headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

2

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

1

but; however; although

3

(yet) again

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

1

how; in what way; how about

9

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

4

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

wicked woman; ugly woman

1

birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

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