jpdb beta

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

2

hesitation; hindrance; washroom

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

2

match (to light fire with)

2

paper-covered lamp or lantern

2

lamp; light

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

12

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

6

all-night vigil over a body; wake

2

portable brazier

2

bedroom

1

along

2

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

1

evening; dusk

7

zinc (Zn)

1

roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with

1

galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

6

raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed

2

to sob

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

white kimono in which dead person is dressed

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

2

inkstone

2

Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha

4

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

5

thin rectangle

2

coffin; casket

11

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

1

Buddha's name (esp. when used in prayer); fame; renown

1

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

1

kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

1

telegram

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

3

purple; violet

2

speck; fleck

1

rosary

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

braided hat

4

straw zori

2

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

2

figured satin

2

good day for business and lawsuits (trial day)

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

funeral

3

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

2