jpdb beta

blunt weapon

1

freshly drawn (water); fresh from the well

1

dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth

3

fricative; fricative consonant

1

spring breeze

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

sunny place; in the sun

1

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

1

twig; spray

3

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

3

karma (from one's previous life)

1

great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

1

inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound

1

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1

role; duty; position; part

2

right of succession; right to the throne

1

small country

1

power struggle

1

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)

1

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

2

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

2

elf

24

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

1

intelligence; intellect; brains

1

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

1

long life

1

ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu

1

military authorities; army circles

1

various kinds

1

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

1

muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake

5

private house

1

cooking; kitchen work

1

militia; militiaman

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

surprise attack

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

bad; evil

1

princess

1

warm; mild; genial

3

snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

2

thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage

1

elderly handyman; elderly manservant

2

to go out and away; to leave

1

order; command; directions; instructions

1

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

1