jpdb beta

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

1

chief vassal; senior statesman

1

red iron oxide; rouge

4

sharp-sidelong glance; glare

1

equanimity; upeksa; upekkha

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

seoi nage (judo); shoulder throw; back-carry throw

1

doorplate; nameplate; gate pass

1

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

town

16

station; office; guardroom

1

to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

1

side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance

3

back gate

6

tail (animal); tail end; tip

3

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

4

greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop

2

vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

1

wooden tag

1

portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)

3

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

3

shogi board

2

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

3

unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very

4

shorthanded; understaffed

1

thereupon; therefore; because of that

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

1

optimistic

2

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

1

unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

3

shogi; Japanese chess

3

bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve

1

difficult situation

1

captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means

1

knight; keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color

2

check

1

being crazy about something, but not be good at it

1

geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans; (arch.) escape from a difficult situation; (arch.) stealthy footsteps

1

west side; west bank

3

bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

12

east side; east bank

1

gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

2

master thief; notorious robber

1

to be at a loss; to be in a corner

1

next; secondly; subsequently

1

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

2