jpdb beta

embers; live charcoal

2

to catch fire; to ignite

1

green bamboo

1

exploding

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

somewhere; somehow

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

2

cow shed; cattle barn

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour

1

earthenware pot

2

to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer

2

to save up (money)

1

village headman; village mayor

6

gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks

8

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

5

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

3

unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

2

mighty; powerful

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall

4

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

1

degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size

1

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

1

just because; even if; even though

1

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

1

horsefly; gadfly

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

2

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

1

unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion

1

side; beside; feature of a sword blade

2

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

3

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

2

to fall off; to tumble down

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

3

hornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva

1

iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

1

evergreen oak

1

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

2

ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

1

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

1

waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise

1

to shoot to death

2

(both) young and old

1

father and mother; parents

15

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently

1