jpdb beta

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

2

indirection; indirectness

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

3

after all

2

to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

2

(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive

1

Paur

1

Heise; Heyse

1

short story; novella

1

sculpture; carved statue; graven image

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

1

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

gambling; competition; game (of chance)

1

utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them

2

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

100; hundred

2

five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

1

first word (of an infant)

1

differences in skill

1

iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards

1

hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

1

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

1

scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying

4

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

2

good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

2

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

same sex

1

darkness

2

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

1

above; more than

1

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

1

hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

1

common; usual

1

comb

3

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

2

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

2

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables

1