jpdb beta

near oneself; close to one; familiar

5

intimacy; affection; familiarity

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

3

to differ; to vary; to disagree

6

reed screen

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

3

anthology

2

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

1

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

3

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

not only

1

to be sooty; to be stained

8

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

2

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

2

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

this morning

2

courtier

2

in the end; on top of that

1

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

4

sincerity; honesty; truth; faithfulness

1

Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

5

apology; excuse

2

rust

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

2

to do together; to share; to participate in

2

exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

1

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

5

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

6

history of civilization

1

revelation; apocalypse

3

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

2

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

1

to throw into; to toss into

1

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

2

hat; cap

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

3

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

4

to blow through; to blow across

1

minuteness; one millionth

4

wind blowing through fresh verdure; mountain air

2

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

4