jpdb beta

seasonal word (in haiku)

1

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

1

in camp; at the front

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

1

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

battle array; battle formation; battlefield

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum

1

sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio

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

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

3

noon gun; noonday gun

1

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

9

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

2

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

3

man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person

1

Ayasegawa

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out

1

silver-colored folding fan (coloured)

2

paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape); ground paper; backing paper

1

silver paint

1

appreciation; admiration; enjoyment

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

fruit

2

storefront; shopfront

1

bank (river, lake); (arch.) pile; (arch.) heap

1

piled up high; in a heap

1

China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

2

plum; almond

4

urban areas; the streets; town; city

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

3

naked body; naked sword

2

texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric

7

late at night; small hours of the morning

1

(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture

1

fourth day of the month; four days

1

middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

2

clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)

2

glass door

2

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

4

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

3

using one's arm for a pillow

3

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

2