jpdb beta

book; publication

1

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

1

spring day; spring sun; spring sunlight

1

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses

3

to lie down; to throw oneself down

2

to (a place); until (a time)

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

6

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

1

to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

10

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

plant; vegetation

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

2

two weeks; fortnight

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

7

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

3

this morning

5

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

4

slow; late; too late

3

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

3

breakfast

1

excuse; explanation

1

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

5

grilled fish

1

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

3

cover; lid; cap

13

freshly budded bracken

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster

2

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

13

disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

maidservant

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

3

salad

2

cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

1

I; me

24

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

2

anecdote; unknown fact

1

bracken

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

4

food; foodstuff

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

5

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor

1

nourishment; nutrition

1

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

4

development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability

2