jpdb beta

to wait for an opportunity

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

(please) don't

1

fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

woman; female; feminine gender

1

time; appointed time

1

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face

1

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

viewer; (television) audience

1

place to go; destination

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

5

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

Hawaii; Hawai'i

2

performer; entertainer; celebrity

1

macadamia nuts

1

chocolate

2

souvenir

1

second

1

newly-wed; newly married

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

New Year's Eve; end of the year

1

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

second division; secondary division

1

dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

1

to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

1

down; below; downward

1

darkness

1

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

6

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

1

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

6

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

2

poisoning; addiction

1

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

1