jpdb beta

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

3

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

1

double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

transom

2

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

1

high priest; virtuous monk; holy man; reverend; venerable

1

biography

1

light blue; pale blue; aqua

3

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

2

to engrave; to carve out

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman

2

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber

1

light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

1

sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi-period suō); (arch.) short, sleeveless robe worn by commoners

1

sigh; grief; lamentation

1

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (arch.) banknote; (arch.) paper money

1

to recite; to chant; to read aloud

1

amen; hail

3

intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

2

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)

1

unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff

1

straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

1

to wipe; to dry

5

shadow figure; silhouette

3

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

wooden door

2

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

5

maple (Acer spp.); maple tree

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can

4

watering; sprinkling

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

4

building addition or extension; an annex

1

texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

1

kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour

1

rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing

2

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

4

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

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

2

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

3

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1