jpdb beta

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

2

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

2

doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)

1

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

3

to embrace each other

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one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

2

almost every day; almost daily

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

4

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)

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televising; broadcasting; airing

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

change of era

1

should do; ought to do

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

3

exchange of presents

1

celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity

1

sad occasion (esp. a funeral)

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

lottery run by a temple or shrine

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

1

to forbid; to suppress

1

shrinkage; contraction; economy; retrenchment

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

to go mad

1

depression; recession; slump

2

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1

sprout; bud; shoot

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

warm; mild; genial

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

to hatch out

1

air temperature

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

light brown; tawny

2

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

4

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

5

surely; certainly; without doubt

2

to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)

7

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

houses and inhabitants; population

1

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

3

's house; 's home

1

shriek; scream

3

wet hands

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hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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