jpdb beta

to be the mother of someone's child

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

1

state of mind; (one's) mental state

1

worry; anxiety; concern

1

excuse; pretext

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

1

underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet

1

new; fresh; novel

4

thermometer

1

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

2

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

embers; live charcoal

1

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

2

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

6

guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

1

saliva; spit; sputum

1

rainy season

2

forecast; prediction

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline

2

sounds

1

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

1

to lean against; to set against

1

plank used to dry wet clothes or paper

1

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

to worry

4

to wave one's hand

1

insecurity; carelessness

2

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

1

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush

1

having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar

1

meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

1

monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

1

house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)

1

boredom; ennui

2

desolate; dreary; bleak

1