jpdb beta

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

2

dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

1

angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug

2

bride

1

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

1

The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

2

Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

2

temple; monk

1

chimes; toll of a bell

1

permanence; forever unchanging

1

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

3

to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death

1

to prosper; to flourish

2

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

to be conceited

1

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

1

short spring night

1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person

1

on the way; someday

1

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

1

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

1

beginning; start; outset

1

Heike family; Taira family

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

1

extensive knowledge; erudition

2

to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

1

prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1

stepping stone

1

when; how soon; how long until

1

Friday

4

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

2

morning bath

1

whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

1

Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub

1

comfortably; easily

1

darkish; dusky

2

standard; level; norm

2

BMW

1

corpulence; fatness; obesity

2

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

standard value; reference value; nominal value

1

official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

2

to apply; to adapt

1

deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony

1