jpdb beta

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

2

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

4

(United States of) America; USA

2

flour; meal; powder; heroin

2

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

1

observation; survey; watching

2

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

1

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

5

before one's eyes

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

above the clouds; the heavens

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

4

sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

3

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

3

ordinary minds; ordinary men

3

don't you think?; indicates question

18

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

6

lampoon; satirical poem

3

book; volume

3

imperial property

2

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

3

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

6

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article

4

this kind

1

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

7

questionable; doubtful; suspicious

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

7

citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class

5

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

8

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

2

gleaning; gleanings

1

Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

1

kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)

1

perusal; one reading; reading through (once)

4

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

4

this place; here

1

first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

3

Suna

2

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)

1

Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

1

big gamble; big plunge; big mountain

1