jpdb beta

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

1

signing; autograph session

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

publication

3

sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)

2

online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)

2

together; in company

2

words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology

1

editorial department

1

editing; compilation

1

reader

1

opening time; starting time of work

1

mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)

1

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

2

at present; now

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

3

blackboard

1

having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

5

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

6

Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

1

open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

10

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

4

natural hot spring

1

to lie deep in; to extend far back

1

ryokan; traditional Japanese inn

4

high-quality goods; luxury item

2

hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

2

bamboo blind

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

2

small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall

2

garden; park

8

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

5

getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

1

legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)

1

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

2

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

4

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

9

maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

3

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

1

filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

1

grim face; angry look

1

paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light

1

mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen

2

(feeling of) trust

1