jpdb beta

top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

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great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

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reed screen

6

sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

snoring; snore

2

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

4

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing

1

with a bang (clash, bump)

2

bench

4

the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

sleeping posture

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

4

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

3

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

2

fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

2

weeping form (e.g. tree)

1

assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)

1

twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

crowd; turnout

1

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

3

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615

1

naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata

1

shoulders and elbows

1

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

2

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

3

round shape; circle; circular form

1

to behave modestly

1

something like that; that sort of thing; something natural; something plausible

1

strongly; violently; with all one's strength

2

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

1

pilgrimage; pilgrim

1

strange; eccentric

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

3

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

1

before one could; in no time at all; without a gap

1

to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)

3

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

2

one's store of patience

1

dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2