jpdb beta

cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics

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maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court 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; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

1

etiquette; good manners

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

3

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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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 tide over; to struggle through; to get over

1

missus; missis

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

shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

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

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

2

(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; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. 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

hey; hold on; come on

1

to bail out (water); to scoop out

1

how; in what way; how about

7

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

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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

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