jpdb beta

leaving half-read (book, etc.); leaving unfinished

1

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

3

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material

2

one edge; one end; one side

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

(flower) vase

2

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

2

small bird; little bird

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

1

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

2

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

1

to play (a stringed instrument)

2

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

5

arrow; wedge; chock

1

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

1

pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery

6

crisp; curt; laconic; terse; spare

1

technique; method

3

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

3

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

deposit; earnest money

2

manner of using one's hands

1

race (of people); type of person

4

(social) class; rank; grade

2

(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

thigh; femoral

2

peach (Prunus persica)

1

to incline one's head

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

2

face; looks; vestiges; trace

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

3

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

earnestly; intently; attentively; wholeheartedly

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

3

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

to bring close; to bring near; to associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

2

to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

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