jpdb beta

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

6

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

1

to sit on a seat

2

to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher

1

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

13

attendance; presence; appearance

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

1

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

2

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

5

shocking

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

9

moderate

2

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

Japanese-style room

46

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

46

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

5

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

45

recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour

15

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

to make tea

4

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

bored; having nothing to do; idle

2

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

2

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

5

peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm

4

head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

1

Western-style room

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

11

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

waste of time

4

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

3

to move (house); to change residence

2

(one's parents') home

4

traffic accident

3

relative; relation; kin

8

foster parents

2

long time; long interval; for quite some time

10

to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of

1

blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

play; drama

30

ideal; ideals

3

line

3