jpdb beta

first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)

1

calm (at sea); lull

1

numerous; many

1

multi-

11

slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression

2

lake (in place names)

3

to grow old

1

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

to take; to catch; to capture

3

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

2

Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

2

abyss; ravine

1

depth; deep place

1

pearl

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

2

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

3

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

6

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

3

morning and evening; all the time

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

19

sail

3

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

2

last time (as of now); never again; only this

1

dawn

1

parting; farewell

2

mother

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

older brother; elder brother

4

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

4

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

6

my; our; one's own

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times

2

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

8

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

1

moment; instant

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

3

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

2

roar of waves

1

to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

2

to dry

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

2

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

3

Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz

1