jpdb beta

to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

4

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

8

talented person; clever person

1

to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye

2

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

5

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

11

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

1

notice; notification

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

12

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

1

itchy

1

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)

4

empty; meaningless; worthless

1

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

10

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

9

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

1

nursing; looking after

6

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

22

in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

1

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

2

chopsticks

1

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

7

back; behind; rear

25

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

9

butterfly

3

(ear of) Japanese pampas grass

4

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

6

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

18

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

3

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

4

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

4

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

3

such; like that; in that way

5

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

9

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

10

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

31

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

38

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

1

turnip (Brassica rapa)

2

rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce

2

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

1

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

7

preparation; arrangements

1

earthenware pot

3