jpdb beta

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

to weave a pattern; to begin to weave

1

resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy

2

not only

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

1

to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

outline; summary; gist; in brief

1

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

1

extravagance; luxury

1

addition; annexation; appendage

1

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

2

assuming that ...; supposing that ...

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

several (levels, floors)

1

explanatory; expository; elucidatory

1

width; width and narrowness

1

rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation

1

host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object

1

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

4

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

to resemble each other; to resemble one another

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

3

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

sentient beings; humaneness; compassion

1

cormorant fisherman

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

1

growing late; latening

1

reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation

1

mosquito net

7

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

3

sinful; wicked; immoral

8

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

2

nine; 9

1

Danjuurou

2

Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

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Kikugorou

2

sound of wind; beautiful poetry

1

rock

1

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1