jpdb beta

the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

3

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

6

main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

22

mallet; pestle; pounder

44

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

3

Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)

3

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

2

collection of pictures

3

mortar

5

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

4

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

5

directions; rules of use

6

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

3

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

5

diversion; putting something to another use

2

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

2

shape; form

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

16

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

6

glutinous rice

6

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

5

Okinawa prefecture

3

to do so; to do thus

4

as far as I know

2

one's whole life; one's lifetime

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

10

bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

2

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

6

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

1

once more; again

10

Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (arch.) banknote; (arch.) paper money

1

Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

1

birdlime

1

mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception

2

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

2

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

1

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

4

glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans

4

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

9

new form; new formula

1

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

2

to do as one likes

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

1

use; utility; effect; benefit

3

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

2

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

1