jpdb beta

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

comparison

5

tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style

1

Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant); paper made from the fibre of this plant

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

1

silk

3

silk

1

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

13

wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake

1

eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)

8

same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

2

diary; journal

1

at a loose end; having nothing to do

1

inkstone

2

biography

1

to finish; to graduate

1

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

2

repentance; confession; penitence

4

good and evil

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

Arai

1

cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period

2

Bakin

2

rack; mount; stand

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

3

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

3

politics; government

1

Genba

1

all eyes

1

some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden

1

to speak ill of

1

employer's house; master's house

2

element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum

1

spoon

2

for some years

1

no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore

1

self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

1

temporarily; short period; once; one morning

1

rise and fall; ups and downs

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

what to do

3

to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

2

epicureanism; hedonism

1

successively; one after another

1