jpdb beta

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

1

The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

9

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

1

person of culture; cultured person

1

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

3

competent; suitable; qualified

1

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

9

wind and string instruments; music

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

4

in a good mood; cheerful

1

selection

1

standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

2

European magpie (Pica pica)

1

Ootomo no Yakamochi (718?-785)

2

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

3

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

3

Tomohirashinnou (Prince) (964-1009)

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

balance

1

seclusion from the world

1

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

2

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

2

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

Dainagonkintou

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

3

thirty; 30

4

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

4

to smash; to crush

1

banknote; bill; note; paper money

2

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

2

ability score (as in RPGs); attribute value

2

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

1

soul; soul music

8

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

5

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

Battlefield

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