jpdb beta

beginning of month

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

1

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

1

turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

3

reading aloud; recitation

1

to fly around; to scatter

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

1

romantic

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

night wind

1

severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing

1

figure; form; style

2

philosophy

1

scorn; disdain; contempt

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

to die; (lit.) to become a star

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

next or adjoining room

3

headache

1

cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

1

Oshibana

1

thus

1

dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

1

bartering

1

worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person

1

type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

1

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

2

smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

1

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

1

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

1

with all one's might

1

short (e.g. story, film)

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

magazine (company)

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

2

1 kin (approx. 0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread

1

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

1

to aim at

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

1

room rent

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

1

although; though; despite the fact that ...

1

scolding

1

to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

1