jpdb beta

polish; refinement

2

air of luxury; high class feel

2

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

7

waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

3

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

21

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

Japanese-style room

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

2

short (of a person)

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

7

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

19

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

3

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

6

meal; dinner; diet

11

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

3

don't you think?; indicates question

11

in the building

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

4

leaving; quitting; retiring

1

large public bath

1

inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

6

changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

6

Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub

2

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

3

open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

2

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

2

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use

2

common people; ordinary people; masses

4

strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge

2

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

1

cuisine with fresh seafoods

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

2

proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation

2

bath

10

to become (formal)

4

bronze statue

2

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

3

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

3

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

32

towel

13

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

16

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

10

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

4

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

4