jpdb beta

thrift; economy; frugality

1

patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

everything

1

verse

1

to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary

2

wooden floor

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

1

immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand

1

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

1

shoji paper

1

long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)

1

from here; from this place

1

mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly

4

never; not at all

1

warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)

1

to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

1

popular; common

1

deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

2

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

to ruin oneself; to degrade oneself

1

straw

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

2

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

being (somewhere); sitting

1

to set (sun); to become dark

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

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

3

barefoot

1

Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger

1

Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian

1

sixth heaven (of the desire realm)

1

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)

2

then; if so; if

2

after that; afterwards; thereafter

2

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1

rudder; helm

2

to winnow (grain)

1

to redeem (from sin); to save

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

1

day of month; counter for days

1