jpdb beta

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

9

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

9

to show; to display

4

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

1

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

3

New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

1

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

19

good spouse; good dividend

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

3

tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship

4

reason; cause; circumstances

3

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

4

first volume (in set); volume one; book one

1

benefactor; patron

1

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

1

celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation

1

increased ration; increased dividend

1

increase of capital

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

South Manchuria

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1

abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking

2

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

moderation in smoking

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

3

vegetable diet

2

same as above; ditto; ibid.

2

Inari Shrine

1

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

1

Shinto shrine

1

promotion; raising of status

1

Tan'yuu

2

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

2

age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration

2

child

2

oral instruction or teaching or method

2

appeal; entreaty; request

2

Sesshuu (1420-1506)

4

requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

1

pair of hanging scrolls

6

surprise attack

1

sound of laughter

2

something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

2

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

2

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

2

Hanshan and Shi De (two Tang-era Chinese monks, often the subjects of works of art)

4

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

3

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

3