jpdb beta

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

10

shoulder

2

bowlegs; bandy legs

1

disguise; masquerade

2

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

18

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

7

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

2

mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

6

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

1

rightly or wrongly; by all possible means

1

later on; eventually; afterwards

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

19

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

4

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

5

aim

3

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

constable; method of catching criminals

5

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

5

Lake Biwa

1

northeastern part; the northeast

1

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

national treasure

1

lord of a castle

1

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

1

middle

1

Toshio

1

Umeki

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

4

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

8

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

2

tea ceremony; chanoyu

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

1

(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

1

an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony

1

audience; assembly; meeting

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1

beginning; start; outset

1

once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

3