jpdb beta

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

1

to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed

1

depth; deep place

3

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

fall; drop; descent; coming down

2

to get wet

5

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

3

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

3

to disappear; to vanish

6

moon (esp. full moon); circle fashioned after the moon; decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; straw trivet; white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days

2

Water Ox (50th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

2

Kaiyou

1

small boat

4

government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector

2

bank; coast; shore

2

rice water

1

south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer

4

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

6

first watch; 8-10pm

2

new; unused; new; obvious; natural

4

tooth

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

1

strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

1

seawater; saltwater

2

black (colour, color)

1

mother-in-law

1

88 years old; (arch.) rice

1

Fire Sheep (44th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)

2

kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)

2

third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)

2

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

2

rope; cord

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order

1

harbor entrance; harbour entrance

1

towing (a ship)

1

both sides

1

thousands; several thousand

5

to hoist a flag

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

3

Tonakijima

1

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

1

sunset

1