jpdb beta

riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

1

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

3

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

1

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret

1

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

1

natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

1

there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

1

second person

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

younger days; youth

1

natural span of life

1

crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased

1

man of the hour; woman of the hour

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

2

obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person

1

general store

1

my husband; one's family; family member

1

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

2

in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames

1

to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

1

indiscriminately; recklessly

1

clasp; latch; catch; fastener

1

water fountain

1

cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

1

roundish; sort of round

1

being frozen in ice

1

memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other

1

backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind

1

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

1

full moon

1

to be too late; to be too slow

2

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

1

entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality

1

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

2

limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft

3

Spain

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

1

very loose; slowly; leisurely

1

stone statue

4

dormancy; quiescence; diapause

2