jpdb beta

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

1

lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

1

three years

10

calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

6

calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

2

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

2

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

2

shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird

1

small bird; little bird

5

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

8

quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt

1

scholar

11

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

1

beauty

3

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

2

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

quotation; citation; reference

2

English translation

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

9

once more; again

3

Japanese (language)

2

English (language)

4

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

5

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

3

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

3

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

best

3

billow; surge; large wave

1

while; even though; despite

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

3

Milky Way; galaxy

1

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

3

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

5

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

can't be helped (of situation, reason, etc.); unavoidable

1

Rig Veda (collection of hymns in Vedic Sanskrit)

1

chapter and verse; paragraph; passage

1

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

3

one's native language; Japanese

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

3

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2