jpdb beta

three winter months

1

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

obstruction; hindrance

1

to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

6

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

little by little

1

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

3

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

2

dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams

1

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

1

pleasure

1

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

1

pleasure; merriment

1

nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem

1

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

2

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

2

clouds and smoke; landscape

1

just before

1

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

1

action of making something; -ification

1

Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

9

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

2

as if; as though

2

bedside; near one's pillow

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

19

counter for books; volume

2

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose

2

Mr (junior); master; boy

4

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

8

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

20

however; because; as

9

Japanese writing; Japanese text

1

to remake; to rebuild

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

5

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji

1

Chinese poem; Chinese poetry

1

easily; without effort

1

to break; to smash

2

reading ability

1

pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

2

fluent (in a language); flowing

2

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

2