jpdb beta

improvisation (of a poem); improvization

2

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

2

to make a mistake

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

morning sun

2

diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

how!; what!; alas!

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

3

astronomy

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

2

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

3

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

6

to show signs of; to appear

1

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

1

holy priest; saint

1

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

1

military man

2

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

1

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

1

80000; many

1

if you think about it; come to think of it

3

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

2

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to pair with; to pair up; to pair off

1

brave warrior; hero; brave man

1

story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

1

to make known

1

chain; chains

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

2

simple; easy; uncomplicated

1

emphasizes direct object of action

1

writer of haikai poems

4

renga poet

1

Arakida Moritake

2

logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

thoroughly; through and through

1

tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded

3

to cut in; to butt in

1

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

1

nine; 9

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1