jpdb beta

rapids

1

red bell pepper; red capsicum

2

contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

1

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

1

paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

approximation; having a close resemblance

10

d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.

1

shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star

16

low price

1

attendant; companion

1

ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

1

N; n

6

certificate

1

middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")

1

scariest; most frightening

1

Franken (Germany); Vranken

2

newly purchased item

1

Halloween

1

fine weather

1

hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

1

sixteen-day-old moon

1

fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter

1

screech; squeak; squeal

1

Ure

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

easy

1

splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)

2

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

6

summer

1

flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever

16

this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world

1

triple

1

cruelty; hard-heartedness

1

being argued into silence; being left speechless

3

hot!

1

heave-ho!; heave!

2

dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

8

body hair

4

yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman

10

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

1

sad; melancholy

1

wow

1

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

1

to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

4

what?; what'd you say?

1

cloud; crowd

1

ninja arts

13

ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

1

black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery

1