jpdb beta

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

8

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

9

to do

2

bandsman

21

regulation; control

6

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

2

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

2

kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen

7

thorough discussion; careful consideration; rigorous investigation

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1

sage; morally perfect person; highly virtuous person

2

pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary

1

resin (from trees); (tobacco) tar; nicotine; sleep (in one's eyes); eye discharge

1

to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

4

good-natured old man

1

performance fee (for an actor, singer, etc.); appearance fee

1

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

5

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

2

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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)

1

humanity; human love

2

departure; leaving; setting off

3

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

4

Neue Sachlichkeit (German art movement); New Objectivity

2

to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear

1

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

a mere trifle

1

lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

5

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

6

broadminded

2

largehearted; frank; unaffected

1

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

1

musette; musical instrument of the bagpipe family

2

Popper; Popper, Karl Raimund (1902.7.28-1994.9.17; Austrian-British philosopher)

3

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

5

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

heartstrings; koto string

1

to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck

1

brilliant; bright

1

in the trees

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

2

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

3

waterfall

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

2