jpdb beta

shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

2

joint

1

with a clack; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

houses and inhabitants; population

1

kneecap

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divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle

1

Hamamatsu (city)

1

to leave food half-eaten

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1

navel orange; navel

4

this (very thing); this precisely

2

dried young sardines

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

smell of new wood

1

kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

1

konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles

1

freely; right and left; as one pleases

2

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

1

to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in

2

to expel; to drive out

1

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

7

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

runny nose; (watery) nasal mucus

1

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

1

with a whistle (e.g. of a kettle)

1

Wajima lacquer

2

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

1

to suck; to lick

3

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

3

tea caddy

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

7

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

2

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

2

to smooth out; to straighten; to relax

2

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

light-hearted; carefree

2

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

temple (on side of head)

2

(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)

1

under the veranda; under the floor; out of sight; in the background; unnoticed

1

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

1