jpdb beta

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

2

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

2

camp stool; folding stool

2

shogi; Japanese chess

2

your body; your health; yourself; you

3

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

2

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

1

dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise

2

to do (for someone)

2

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

voice

1

elegant (literary) style

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

14

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

3

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

7

to lose sight of; to miss

1

to lose one's way; to go astray

1

obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile

3

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

birth

1

want to ... do something; would like to ...

2

to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

1

why; how

1

journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

6

nevertheless; still; however; yet

1

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

1

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)

1

coarse; rough

1

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry

1

initiative; prior consideration

1

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

3

large tree

9

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

2

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

2

but; however; provided that

1

violent; rough

2

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

3

to give; to do ...

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

3

several people

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

3

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

1