jpdb beta

rest; relaxation

1

indispensable; essential; necessary

2

suicide

4

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

6

fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant

1

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

1

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

1

uproar; disturbance

1

to pass each other; to cross paths

2

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

3

tea utensils

1

manner of using one's hands

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

lined kimono

1

joint together; opposite; facing

1

hair (of the head)

2

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

to become pale; to turn pale

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

4

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

2

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

1

one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

1

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

broken; intermittent; disconnected

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

2

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)

2

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

disloyalty; infidelity

2

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

2

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

3

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

3

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

5

remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha

3

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

3

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

2