jpdb beta

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

courting; wooing; making advances

5

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

4

grounds; premises

2

the Nth time

1

practice; practising; experience

1

material; substance; matter

8

rendering

1

intermittent

2

surface; outer layer

1

solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park

1

texture

1

business suit

1

to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

1

preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

2

to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

1

after school (at the end of the day)

1

obedient; docile; quiet

3

girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

2

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

6

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

6

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

3

culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

5

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

straw-matted room

1

index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic

1

standard value; reference value; nominal value

1

carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end

2

courtship behavior (animals)

4

widow

1

the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

1

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

O; o

1

emphatic prefix

1

right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

1

vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

1

stone; made of stone

1

and; although; but

2