jpdb beta

production (e.g. play); direction

4

corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

2

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

3

acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

1

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

2

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

vitality; (one's) life force

1

rise; swell; elevation; upsurge

1

creation; Creation (by God)

1

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

4

temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

2

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

4

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

fingerprint

2

sense; infer

1

sharp; keen; acute

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

naturalization; naturalisation

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

to pierce through; to break through

1

poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

1

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

2

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

2

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

1

putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all; breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue); (arch.) intimacy; (arch.) familiarity

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

4

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

nice; good; well-executed

2

thumb; big toe

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

light; lamp; torch

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

silent prayer

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

step by step; by degrees

1

full speed

1

thread; yarn; string

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1