jpdb beta

four

2

square

1

front row

1

back row; rear rank

1

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

8

dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

the very picture of ...

1

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

5

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

2

Japanese clothes

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

samurai; warrior

7

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

9

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

2

lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

1

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

1

three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork; trident

1

edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)

2

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

2

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

2

according to (someone)

3

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

1

Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom

1

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

2

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

1

battlefield; battleground

1

to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)

7

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

2

two equal parts; exactly two parts

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

4

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

9

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

4

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

1

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

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything

2

dachshund (dog breed)

1