jpdb beta

olden days; former

3

ten; 10; ten years of age

7

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

9

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

81

tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

1

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

13

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with

1

should do; ought to do

4

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

2

solely; entirely; only; or

1

loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar

1

counter for colours

2

two; 2

19

sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

1

glaze; overglaze; enamel

3

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

three; 3

14

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

light (e.g. colour, color)

1

elevation; high ground

7

four

16

(silk) crepe

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

five; 5

15

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

4

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

six; 6

9

lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley

1

seven

4

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

eight; 8

8

generally

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

2

nine; 9

21

rim of bowl or vessel; peristome

1

outward-curving bowl rim; bowl lip curved outwards

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

75

node (joint) of a bamboo

1

inside; within

13

jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

6

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

25

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

4

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

5