jpdb beta

high five; high-touch

1

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

1

visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

2

to be satisfied

1

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

impassioned speech; fervent speech

2

once a year

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green

2

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

3

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

4

sales; selling; marketing

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

2

excellent luck

1

to bear fruit

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

6

win; victory

3

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

2

first shrine visit of New Year

1

bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness

1

terrible luck; very bad luck

1

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

6

New Year

1

leader of a charge; first to arrive

1

self-affirmation; self-approval

1

to rescue; to free

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

1

convenient

3

sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

1

depth; deep place

2

bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.; ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering

1

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

2

type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

1

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

winter vacation; winter holidays

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

3

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

1

promotion (school, military, etc.)

3

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

2

which; what (way)

5

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

2

February; second month of the lunar calendar

5