jpdb beta

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

5

one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

2

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

2

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

2

comedy

3

January; first month of the lunar calendar

17

that day; the very same day

5

first fruits

2

beach; foreshore

7

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased

1

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

3

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

3

red; crimson; vermilion

2

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

2

sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel

5

snow-laden sky

2

freeze-dried tofu

1

black soybean

1

feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

2

Osaka (city)

14

Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

3

Mt.; Mount; temple

6

cheap hotel

3

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

7

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

5

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

10

exhaustion; fatigue

1

the sound of waves

1

empty; vacant; hollow

3

to subsist; to keep on living

13

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

5

hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive

1

one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

2

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

4

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

17

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

1

old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

7

alcohol; sake

3

to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

2

since some time or another; since who-knows-when

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

3

to scribble (down); to write quickly; to dash off

1

harbour; harbor; port

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