jpdb beta

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

8

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

21

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

2

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

11

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

3

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

2

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

2

splish-splash; with a splash

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

11

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

bucket; pail

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

to go; to come

4

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

16

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

6

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

3

between times; when there's a spare moment

1

middle of the night; dead of night

5

before now; hitherto

6

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

16

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

11

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

8

persistently; slowly; hesitantly; irresolutely

1

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

2

so far as

2

to escape; to run away

2

stingy; cheap; very frugal

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

3

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

2

is not; am not; are not

7

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

15

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

6

absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

3

pool (in river)

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

7

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

1

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

6

sleeping late in the morning

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

7

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

by myself; in person; by oneself

3

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

16

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

9