jpdb beta

incessant talking; rapid talking

1

destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating

3

to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted

1

early morning

1

humid; sultry

1

return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

3

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed

2

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

4

company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating

1

daydream; waking dream

3

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

4

to check through; to thoroughly investigate

2

intervention

6

foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried

1

beloved; dearest

4

cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

1

to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

3

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

3

with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

2

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

2

water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border

3

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

4

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

1

serious criminal; heinous criminal

1

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

1

minced meat; ground meat

2

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

3

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

author unknown; anonymous

1

one will inevitably suffer the consequences for interfering in a couple's relationship; (lit.) may whoever interferes with another's love affair be kicked by a horse and die

1

dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern

1

interruption; interference; butting in

2

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

1

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

2

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

2

to dispel doubts

2

close; intimate; on good terms

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

1

training (animals); breaking (animals)

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

8

dry run; rehearsal

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

2

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

2