jpdb beta

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

8

to employ; to hire (a servant)

1

this or that person; anybody; many people

3

ruling party; government party; party in power; government

1

military man

2

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

2

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

rain and dew

1

hollow; cavity; hole

1

ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern

1

hardships; privation

1

dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal

2

perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

1

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

1

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

1

character; traits; ethos

1

shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge

1

raid; assault; descent

2

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life

1

apology; excuse

1

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

1

the ways of the world; human nature

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

1

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

2

to find out; to discover; to detect

1

morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly

1

thousands; great number of; variety

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

4

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

1

covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

1

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

1

pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

2

prayer

1

to grow old

1

front; frontage; facade; main

5

principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

1

Buddha; Buddhism

2

to look upwards; to look up

1

standing statue; standing image

1

over ten feet

1

Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

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mother

3

before long

1

she; her; girlfriend

6

palm (of one's hand)

3