jpdb beta

copse; crowd; herd

2

pleasure; delight; enjoyment

1

preface; introduction; preamble

2

early in the morning

1

Tatedashi

2

path in a field

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

4

opposite side; other side; other party

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

hard to reach place; remote place

2

in the city

1

persons or animals added to a picture; incidental details of a picture

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

to blacken; to darken

1

growing thickly; growing densely

1

evergreen tree

2

main temple building; nave

2

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

3

building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

2

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

1

to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

2

change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

1

beginning; start; outset

3

different opinion; objection

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

2

not yet fixed; undecided; pending

1

a little more

1

effect; efficacy; omen

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

old pool; old pond

6

famous; fame

4

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

3

distortion of facts

1

adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy

1

farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted

1

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

1

inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

3

Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)

2

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

3

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

2

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1