jpdb beta

lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

1

to doze off; to nod off; to snooze

3

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

5

night fog

4

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

3

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

11

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

6

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

1

simple; plain; modest

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

2

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

5

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

6

to doze (off)

1

while; during (the time when)

6

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

4

to compose a poem

1

to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

1

Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)

1

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

1

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

3

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

2

military camp

1

autumn air; fall air

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

3

several lines (of text)

1

Monday

1

third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

6

future years; in (one's) later years

3

youth; young man

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

20

one tanka; one poem

2

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

3

to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

1

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

5

importance; emphasis; stress

1

camp enclosure

13

magistrate; shogunate administrator

3

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

14

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

11

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

5

sleeping alone

1

camp stool; folding stool

25

shogi; Japanese chess

3

rifle; small arms

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

4

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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