jpdb beta

carpet; rug; runner

1

long; drawn-out; very long

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

2

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

2

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

9

large number of people

1

tragedy; tragic event

2

prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

1

sake bottle

1

to strip and leave clothes lying around

1

potato chips; potato crisps

1

kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

1

squid tentacles

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

5

coin; token; slug

2

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle

1

slight intoxication; being tipsy

1

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

1

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

4

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

7

rib; rib cage

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

2

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

2

getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door; yakuza finger-cutting ritual

1

hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

2

to cut; to slit; to cut open

1

to make a splash; to draw attention

1

nervous disorder; neurosis

2

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

2

assassination

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

forcing to a stop

1

welcome party

5

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

2

one by one; one at a time; in turn

2

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

2

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

5

folding screen covered with gold leaf

4

fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron

5

sincerity; good faith

2

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

5

Santa Claus

7

to bear; to shoulder

3

quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles

1

unsteady steps; bobbing

2

freely; right and left; as one pleases

1