jpdb beta

appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing

2

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

1

vigorous advance (while attacking the enemy); sweeping advance; string of wins; series of great successes; unbroken run of success (in business, entertainment, etc.)

1

meaning; called; said

7

joint together; opposite; facing

5

kimariji (comp. karuta); beginning characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu

2

standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)

2

novel; original; new; innovative

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

2

big; large; great

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

5

black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes

1

Vietnamese (person)

1

Thai; person from Thailand

1

Laos

1

line; row; rank; list

1

Japanese person

2

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

1

calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

1

flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana

1

100 percent

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

2

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

4

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

2

intellectual

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

no, thank you

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

2

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

1

sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass

1

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

4

difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap

1

simple; plain

2

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

2

ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

6

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

freedom; liberty

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

2

to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

1