jpdb beta

religious service

4

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

8

experienced; veteran; skilled; expert

2

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

to keep (a person) waiting

1

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

degree of intimacy

2

likes and dislikes

2

central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses

2

gentle; mild; meek; tender

1

purpose of a visit

1

sitting opposite each other

6

settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness

2

Buddhist; disciple of Buddha

1

patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

1

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

1

every month; each month; monthly

3

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

4

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

1

township shrine

8

to hate; to detest

3

goodness; excellence; virtue

2

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

4

(by force of) circumstances

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

3

both families

2

anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed

1

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

to exist

1

next year

1

(United States of) America; USA

2

1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

5

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

11

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

7

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

7

trouble

5

difficult to ...; hard to ...

6

traveling expenses; travelling expenses

1

roof

10

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

2

in various ways

1

Buddhist temple

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

3

antiquity; the previous era

1

karmic retribution

1