jpdb beta

palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

2

abatis

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

2

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

2

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

to abridge; to shorten; to economize

1

vacant house; unoccupied house

4

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

6

to make narrow

1

come out!; where are you?

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

1

mist; haze

6

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

4

gloomy; obscure

1

dark night in the rainy season

2

meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides); great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

1

Guy

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

to stand on tiptoe

1

newspaper

2

kite

1

spittoon

1

a bold hand

1

Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha

3

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

1

baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

1

government office; government agency; authorities

1

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

trembling or quavering voice

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

1

Matsuie

1

paper

2

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

2

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

cigarette; cigar

2

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

2

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

1

speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

1

to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

2

temple (Buddhist)

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