jpdb beta

after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

1

heavy responsibility

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

3

(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting

1

(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery

3

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

8

the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar

1

what month

1

what day; how many days

2

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

reason; right

1

even (e.g. even a child)

1

large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

3

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

1

to make one's rounds; to patrol

1

Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)

1

Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

2

dry weather; drought

1

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

11

harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)

2

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

3

14th day of the month; 14 days

1

vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

crop; yield; harvest; catch; take

1

rainbow

1

grain; cereal; corn

1

price; value; cost

1

lunar eclipse

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

2

height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

8

marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)

1

mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith

1

epidemic; plague; pestilence

2

drought; long spell of dry weather

3

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

8

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

1

this year

5

summer

4

cold; coldness; chilliness

1

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

northwest

1

bad harvest; poor crop

1

to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

harvest

1