jpdb beta

shame; compunction; remorse; shame felt towards oneself and others

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

1

for one thing ...

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

very slightly; a little

2

lined kimono

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

1

one's old bones; old man

1

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

10

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

4

to grow up; to become an adult

1

grand spectacle

1

based on; on the basis of

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

3

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

ideal; ideals

1

choice; selection; option

1

by force

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

(carved) statue; sculpture

1

hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

1

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

1

historian

6

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

2

record; transcript

1

personal history document; curriculum vitae; resume

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled

1

galley (tray); galley proof

3

printing

4

every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

2

deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

red-ink brush

1

laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem

6

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

2

under construction

2

construction; architecture (of buildings)

13

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

3

ridgepole; ridge beam

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

2

every week

2