jpdb beta

potassium cyanide

1

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

this area; around here

1

railroad track; rail line

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

1

Mali

1

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

1

cutworm

1

lake

1

Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi)

4

Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

18

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

2

lake; lake water

2

kneecap

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details

1

to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi

1

Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

3

Ainu

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

1

souvenir

1

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

1

to go; to come

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

prohibition of fishing

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

3

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

3

red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)

1

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation

1

whether (or not); if

1

children's story; fairy tale

1

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic

2

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

forked road

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

5

(as used in Northern Japan) greenling; (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish

1

horse driver's song

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

3

Moyo

1

acetylene

1

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)

1

midnight

2