jpdb beta

tradition; convention

1

pose; pause

1

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

10

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

5

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

35

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

10

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

3

beginning of the world; creation

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

4

Richard

1

courtier

1

reprimand; admonition

1

to arrive; to come to pass

1

such

1

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

32

to be needed; to be wanted

22

long time

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

3

well; now; then

36

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

4

parent and child

7

very; extremely; that is

20

mother

13

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

21

unpacking (esp. after moving house)

1

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

method of bringing up; method of raising

1

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

8

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

13

weakness

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

10

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

3

obedient; docile; quiet

14

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

6

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

3

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

4

unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

2

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

12

at least; at most; (even) just

7

to change one's clothes

2

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

10

should do; ought to do

4

to do so; to do thus

3

lovely; sweet

15

thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

2

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

20