jpdb beta

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

9

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

1

button (clothing); push-button

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

stopping one night

1

second day of the month; two days

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

3

three times

5

kabuki; Japanese classical drama

5

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career

2

grandmother

23

ticket; coupon; bond; certificate

1

overwhelming

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

11

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

who

1

grandchild

1

completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

2

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

1

main stage; public place

1

directly opposite; right in front

1

nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

1

Tamasaburou

2

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

2

sigh

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

3

traditional Japanese dance

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1

male part or role

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

2

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

2

Kikugorou

1

Kikunosuke

2

parent and child

2

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

2

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

7

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

1

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

1

chance; opportunity

4

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1