jpdb beta

thickness

2

weave; weaving; woven item

2

until now; so far; up to the present

2

the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

1

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to tighten; to press hard

3

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

1

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

3

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

4

Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass

7

charm; magical tool

4

marshland; wetland; swampland

2

edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

2

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

1

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

1

to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

1

evil spirit

2

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

1

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

2

to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

comfortable; carefree

1

common reed (Phragmites australis)

3

book; volume; this; present; main; head

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

2

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

3

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

2

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

these

1

bundle; pack; bunch

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

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

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

silver powder; white sand

1

starry sky

4

to darken; to wane

1

to give; to do ...

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

old; olden

1

command; direction

2

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

9

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

2

sugar

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1