jpdb beta

hunch; foreboding; premonition

2

confusion; mess; mix; huddle

1

being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation

1

former opinion

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

2

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

epilogue; postscript; envoi

1

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

2

pure literature; belles-lettres

2

slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating

1

laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem

1

disposition

3

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

2

to chant; to recite; to sing; to write (a poem); to compose

1

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

2

lucidity; intelligibility; perspicuity

2

distinguished person

2

sensitive; susceptible; impressionable

1

artistic work; literary work

21

to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

2

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

5

gleaning; gleanings

11

(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

2

declaration; statement; proclamation

1

to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

3

to rally; to make a comeback

3

pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission

6

attendant; follower

1

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

1

bribery scandal; graft case

2

Emperor Heizei; Heizei Tenno (774-824 CE, reigning: 806-809 CE)

12

relative

1

six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū

3

love-letter

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

plan; project; scheme

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

1

cone; pyramid

1

imperial princess; royal princess

3

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

2

to keep a watch (on)

1

to despair of; to see the vanity of

1

fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness

35

as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

4

to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

1

flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity

1