jpdb beta

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

2

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

1

line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

2

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

2

oil

1

to sell

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

3

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

3

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

2

I; me

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

2

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

6

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

2

medicine box

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

every day

1

meaning; called; said

2

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

1

a certain ...; some ...

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

money

1

patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon

2

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

patience; endurance

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

to show; to display

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

this evening; tonight

1

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

8

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

3

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

1

long trip

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

2

ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it

1

be; is

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1