jpdb beta

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

bilge water

1

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

3

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

5

depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

political reform

1

to force back; to jostle

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

2

Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

2

selection; choice; option

1

main force; chief object; mainline

1

growth process

1

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

2

Ainu

3

naming; christening

4

contrast; antithesis; comparison

2

small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker

2

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

4

Ainu (language)

1

young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

1

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

8

almost every day; almost daily

1

for a good while

2

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

5

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

1

tail and feathers

1

wet nurse; nursing mother

1

old; olden

1

Shigaraki

1

wig; hairpiece; toupee

3

mountaintop; summit

2

kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

2

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

3

village; hamlet; countryside; country

3

Raki

1

Loki

1

interpretation; exegesis

1

ancient language; ancient word; Old Japanese; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period

1

Emperor of Japan

1

offerings of food (to the gods)

1

longing; yearning

2

growth period; growing season

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

4

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1