jpdb beta

match (for lighting a fire)

1

armor and helmet

5

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

4

infantry; infantryman; foot soldier

4

dad; (male) pet owner

9

thick makeup; heavy makeup

1

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

2

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

3

submission; return to allegiance

1

power; authority; influence

1

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

10

establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

2

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

1

leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world

1

(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign

3

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

4

mania

13

mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

16

nightcap

5

extra; excess; surplus

2

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

3

visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour

2

rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

3

countermeasure; counter-measure

6

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

2

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

1

being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on

3

to ponder; to brood

7

strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

1

sending; forwarding

3

sleepyhead; oversleeper

4

helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

2

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

cold-blooded animal

1

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

1

an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"

1

lord of a castle

1

rare

1

to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

6

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

1

defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

2

liar; fibber; lying

1

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

1

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

1

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

2

useless; deadhead

1

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

1