jpdb beta

indirection; indirectness

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

short sleeves

2

very thick; heavy

1

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

1

or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

1

ellipse

1

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

elliptical shape

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

2

stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

4

somehow; for some reason or other

1

temple solicitation

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

2

simply; merely; only; solely

1

loading and unloading

1

right side; style of Japanese court music

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

2

to go mad

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

way; method; means; resource; course

2

wooden; made of wood

2

Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

wooden rack with shoulder straps for carrying loads on one's back

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

2

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

4

mountain path

1

mountain road; mountain trail

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

2

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

2

baseball

1

T-shaped wooden bell hammer

2

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

2

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

1

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

1

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

1

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

2

cover; lid; cap

1

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

2

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

backboard; dorsal plate; tergum

2