jpdb beta

poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

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to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

1

bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty

1

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

2

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

(with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

new material; exotic material

1

chess problem; composed shogi problem

2

lover (male)

4

favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

1

all; every; all kinds of

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double-edged; double-edged blade

2

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

23

remaining business

1

decision; settlement; definition

3

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

1

soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat

1

to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

1

dried fish; stockfish

1

to begin to drink

1

nightcap; a drink before sleeping

1

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

1

muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

1

half; part

1

being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom

1

strategy; tactics

1

to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn

1

infant; baby; little child

1

laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem

1

popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty

4

request; entreaty

1

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

1

pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner

1

isn't it?; it really is

1

to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

1

plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

hero; great man

1

being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

1

bill; check

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strategist; tactician; schemer

2

clear; distinct

3

writing (style)

1

easy; simple; plain

1

stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

2

political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

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