jpdb beta

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

dagger

5

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

to smile

6

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

3

narrow escape from death

2

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

2

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

2

to pretend

2

to buy

2

Chinese herbal medicine

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

7

insect bite; bug bite; sting

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

3

antidote

2

medicinal herb

1

doctor; physician

1

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

19

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

morning dew

2

negative; minus

2

to dry

3

light of the setting sun; figure lit by the evening sun

2

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

2

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

3

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

1

envoy to Tang China

1

Kiki

3

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

1

house where one was born; one's parents' house

3

family crest

1

one's birthplace

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

7

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

2

slightly; faintly

1

to blush; to redden

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

18

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

1

cease-fire; truce; armistice

1

ringleader; accomplished villain

8

time; years

1

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

2