jpdb beta

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

1

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

2

to guess right

1

honour; honor

1

two thirds

3

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

13

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

7

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

2

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

2

to do together

1

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

7

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

8

to step forward; to volunteer

6

gray or silver haired (grey)

1

dramatic role for child; child actor

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

5

city council

1

middle of the night; dead of night

2

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

5

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

2

easy; simple; light

2

uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

2

old Japanese court music; gagaku

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

9

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

1

China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

4

accession to the throne; enthronement

1

court musician; minstrel

1

the first beat of the war drum

1

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

3

peace

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

2

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem

1

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

3

to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

1

fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)

1

very; excellent

1

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

2

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

2

will not do; do not; does not

3

(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

2

shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

23

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

5

dignity; refinement

2

somehow; for some reason (or other)

2

contemplation; meditation

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

3