jpdb beta

saw; musical saw

4

to go around

1

cone; pyramid

1

chisel

1

to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

1

ground (color, colour)

1

clearly; brightly; crisply

1

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

1

sortie; sally; attack

1

regiment

1

workbench; work table

1

livery coat

1

spotted pattern

1

headband

1

body build; figure

2

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

1

owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

1

unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley

1

natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

1

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

1

person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss

1

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

1

a few words

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

1

outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

2

butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop

1

to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment

1

memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum

1

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

2

what's what; heads or tails

1

calling by name; designation; nomination

1

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

1

wood grain; unpainted wood

1

cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch.) colours; (arch.) banner

1

presence (impressive quality)

1

stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person

1

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

2

to pull open

2

sprain; twist; wrench

1

folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper; paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony)

3

covering used to wrap a baby

1

short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment

3

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

1

feudal lord; daimyo

1

wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

1

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

1