jpdb beta

latest (fashion, hairstyle, etc.); up-to-date

1

change; alteration; modification

1

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

1

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered

1

opinion; point of view

1

making one's way through life; conduct of one's life

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

number; amount

5

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

parents; both parents

4

to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

3

to become settled; to be fixed

1

family-oriented; familial

3

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

4

to die

5

near relative

2

funeral service

1

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

2

first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

crematory; crematorium

2

cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

3

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

4

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

4

especially; above all; inter alia; among others

4

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

(religious) piety; faith; devotion

1

kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

2

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

3

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

1

god of a cooking stove

1

contribution; service

1

kidney

1

visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

1

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

2

counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.

1

longevity stone (gemstone that gives its bearer long life)

2

subordinate shrine; professional entertainer

2

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

4

temple (Buddhist)

2

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

2