jpdb beta

having a garden

1

large size (e.g. large portion, etc.)

1

upper part; upper region; region above

1

patting; stroking; caressing

1

sky gray

1

man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

1

one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours

5

Chinese herbal medicine

1

rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

1

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

2

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

Keishichi

1

drinking party; get-together

3

avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)

1

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

1

first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

1

to worry about the future

1

marriage; matrimony

1

daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

1

salted rice-bran paste for pickling

5

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

2

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career

1

sumo wrestler

1

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

facing north; northern exposure

1

leeward; lee; downwind

1

tea-towel; dish cloth

1

to smell; to sense

1

lightly pickled vegetables

1

well-pickled vegetables

1

male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji

1

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

farmer; peasant

1

pedestal

1

koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

2

double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

7

spouse; wife; husband; partner

3

ceramic art; ceramics

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

2

funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn

3

under the floor

1

storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

2

mum; mom

4

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

4

Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); quince (Cydonia oblonga)

7

female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

1

large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

2