jpdb beta

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

6

8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

family name; lineage; birth; clan

2

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

throat; singing voice

2

to sell

2

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

2

collection; compilation

7

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

2

Oitori

3

loading a horse with passengers or baggage; driving a horse into a pen; Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)

2

white horse; unrefined sake

3

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

8

herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy

2

excuse; explanation

1

all day; for a whole day

4

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

5

same as above; ditto; ibid.

2

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

4

rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet

2

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

13

lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

4

gravesite; tomb

4

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

5

maturity; ripeness

2

for example; for instance; e.g.

10

room to let; room for rent

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

2

Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

1

fishing village

1

every day

5

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

8

to dry

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

to keep watch; to stand guard

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

12

magazine

9

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

10

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

1

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

5

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

1

to wait impatiently for

1

restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason

1

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

3