jpdb beta

backside

1

packhorse; workhorse; hack

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

4

to show off; to flaunt

1

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

2

letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

1

twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

1

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

1

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

Yoshitsune

1

the very thing; itself

2

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

1

year end

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

hundred days; lengthy time

1

cough; coughing; tussis

2

honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

1

Platonic love

5

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

4

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

1

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

2

to share a cup of sake (in commemoration of something)

1

Sarutobisasuke

3

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

dyer

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

2

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

3

wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)

1

salt water; brine

2

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

1

to lean over; to lean in

1

sack for charcoal

1

dead leaf; dry leaves

1

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

2

diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order

1

to tear off

1