jpdb beta

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

2

hat; cap

1

something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

1

dance

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splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

2

social dance; ballroom dancing

3

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

1

red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)

1

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

1

various foreign countries; several foreign countries

1

intimidation; threat; bluster

1

bakufu; shogunate

1

guard; watchman

1

Western style

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

isn't it great?; carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868

2

various; many; several

3

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

1

each locality; each place; each region

1

to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

1

harem

4

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

1

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

to go out and away; to leave

1

red-light district

1

coming and going; commuting

1

beautiful woman; beauty; belle

1

dance (esp. Western style); dancing

3

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

6

red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

index finger; forefinger

1

to serve God

2

to dress up

2

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

picture book

1

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

long

1

that's so, isn't it

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