jpdb beta

eighth day of the month; eight days

3

general public; the masses

2

to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

1

real name

1

bright; intelligent

2

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

12

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

Nogizaka

1

therapy; healing; rejuvenating; refreshing; soothing

1

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

Kuheiji

23

niece

4

money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

3

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

1

mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

5

stamp; seal

2

bond; deed; contract

3

to extort (money); to blackmail

1

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

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

4

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

3

funds; capital

1

Oookaechizen

1

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

2

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

1

internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

4

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

2

to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings

1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

2

taste

1

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724)

3

chronological table

3

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

4

court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

1

playhouse; theatre; theater

1

actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

one-year-old

2

mass production

1

jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

1

puppet; marionette

1

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

2

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris

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