jpdb beta

freely; right and left; as one pleases

1

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

2

painting or drawing technique

2

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

1

old method; old law

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

4

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

natural talents

2

old age

1

universe; cosmos; space

3

all creation; all nature; all the universe

1

sunset; setting sun

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

adherence (to custom, tradition)

1

enthusiastic praise

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

washing one's face

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

4

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

12

design; sketch

3

every kind; all sorts

3

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

5

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

4

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

2

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

21

15; fifteen

5

this kind

1

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

3

fish

3

comparatively; relatively

2

number; amount

4

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

3

silkworm egg card

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

moth

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

1,000; thousand

49

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

4

representative; exemplary; model

2

(a) glance; (a) look

1

parting

1

dictionary

1

old man; old geezer

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

tradition; legend; folklore

2

address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

8