jpdb beta

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to approach; to draw near

1

they; those guys

1

multi-

1

popular person; favorite; favourite

1

fireworks

3

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

to relax; to feel at home

1

big; large; great

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

4

little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall

2

shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)

6

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

3

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

2

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

sugared water

1

white gem

1

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

1

to remain; to be left

3

sugar

1

Takahama Kyoshi

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

2

children

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

2

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

2

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

7

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

6

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

10

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

2

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1