jpdb beta

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

1

brushwood fence

5

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)

1

common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition

1

determined; steadfast; unswerving; unshakable

1

toleration; magnanimity; comprehension

3

postpositions; particles

3

addition; appendix; note; supplement

4

water's surface

1

indulgence; addiction; infatuation

1

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

3

to leak; to run out

2

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

2

head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

3

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

1

height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

1

Tokyoite

1

deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

1

geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)

1

stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

2

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

to pretend; to feign

3

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

2

magician; conjurer; illusionist

1

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

to pickpocket; to steal

1

ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

1

hana-awase (type of hanafuda game); any hanafuda game involving matching cards from one's hand with cards of the same suit in the field (such as hachi-hachi, koi-koi); flower-comparing contest (Heian period)

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

3

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

1

printing

4

OK

1

bucket; pail; tub

3

completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

17

meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other

1

fast-talking; rapid talking

3

novelist; fiction writer

2

both hands

1

easy; simple; light

4

worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning

4

profitable; worn-out; crumbling

6

Shichisaburou

1

excessive; too much; unreasonable

1

good result; good outcome

1

reference; consultation

5

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3