jpdb beta

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation

1

be; is

1

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

to be

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

8

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

2

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

to be; to come; to go

2

servant; employee

1

why; how

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

2

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

evening; night; dinner

1

Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

3

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)

3

clip-clop (esp. of geta)

4

warship; battleship

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

1

kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

2

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

2

one more time; once more; once again

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

5

how many times; how often

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

3

return; welcome home

3

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

2

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

1

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

4

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

6

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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