jpdb beta

refinement; elegance; grace

1

good health

1

departure; leaving; going away; recession

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

2

number of years

1

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

1

even if not; even without

1

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

3

(wheat) germ

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

(young) girl

2

earthenware; pottery; china

1

(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

1

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

3

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

3

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

1

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

diagonal

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

2

abandoning; giving up; quitting

2

legal

2

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along

1

pockmark

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

what day; how many days

2

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

mule

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

difficult; hard

2

sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest

5

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

7

misreading

1

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

5

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

2

eagerly; earnestly; ardently

1

submission; surrender

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

to hit upon something

1

disturbance; uprising; war

2

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

3

firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

1

devotion; attachment; infatuation

1