jpdb beta

imagination; supposition; guess

6

laborious work; lucubration; lucubrations; painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work

4

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)

1

playful

1

carving; engraving; chiselled features

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

3

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

empty space; empty sky

1

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

1

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

1

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

1

to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

2

official; civil service

2

uncritical; blind

1

older brother and older sister

1

teacher; instructor

1

senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

1

to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round

3

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to trim (a tree, shrub, etc.); to punch (a ticket)

1

insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

3

shape; figure; image

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

step; stride; counter for steps

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

attentiveness

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

1

bright or beautiful eyes

1

poem (esp. tanka); song; pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; singing a poem or song in a loud voice

6

generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

5

master; teacher; stable master

1

observation; survey; watching

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis

1

man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; (arch.) lewd man; (arch.) lecher

3

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

1

creation; Creation (by God)

8

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

2

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

3

to possess; to haunt

2

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

3