jpdb beta

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

3

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

4

to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

2

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

4

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

2

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

7

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

4

Takenishi Hiroko (1929-)

1

shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige

1

fourth

2

five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

1

introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development

5

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

1

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

10

preface; introduction; preamble

1

settlement; conclusion; summary

5

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

3

second line of a four-line Chinese poem

6

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

4

(a) bunch; (a) bundle

2

concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise

1

before long; even now

3

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

6

talent; ability

2

to brandish; to flash; to display

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

2

recovery; undoing; recall

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

8

change of key (during piece); modulation

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

7

generally

8

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

5

disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking

4

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

4

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

3

already known; well-known

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

19

not yet known; unknown; strange

5

inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

6

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

8

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

3

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term

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