jpdb beta

indescribable; having no way to express

1

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

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

vestment; priest's robe

2

shedding tears

2

Koyadera

10

night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

6

punishment; judgement; judgment

4

on the brink of; morning and evening; day and night

2

august; beautiful

1

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

1

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition

2

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason

1

tears of sadness

1

the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire

2

establishment (of a business); founding

2

Buddhist family chapel; altar room

1

common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation

1

Buddhist mortuary tablet

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

1

from morning to evening; all day long

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

2

over the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation); back-fence

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

in order; in turn; one by one

1

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

4

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

1

tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

1

evening; early night hours

4

dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

1

copse; crowd; herd

2

hometown; rural township (of China)

3

ancient temple

2

Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

5

everyone

2

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

2

gloomy; obscure

2

chivalrous spirit

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2