jpdb beta

bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

1

(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado

1

yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

2

strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste

1

supplier

1

to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish

1

top secret

1

what is it?

2

over-fond parent; doting parent

6

jet black; pitch dark; peyote (Lophophora williamsii); mescaline

1

half-eaten

8

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

4

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

4

putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution

3

caramel (soft candy)

1

latte; caffè latte; radio and television

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

clear; fresh; bright

1

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

2

shortcut

1

sense of stability

3

unmeasurable; impossible to measure

1

student on field trip

5

nose piercing; nose ring

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

5

opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody

1

generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal

1

personage; person (deserving of respect)

7

appointment; rendezvous; date

1

square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest; Mount Fangzhang (said to be inhabited by immortals); Mount Fanghu

2

traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden

1

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

2

arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)

1

straw-matted room

2

rock garden

3

dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

1

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

1

nth-year student; nth-year pupil

1

fourth-year student

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

6

of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

8

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

5

temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)

1

Buddhist mortuary tablet

3

not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)

2

religious; spiritual

2

to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

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