jpdb beta

bare earth; ground

6

endless; ceaseless

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

to draw a line

1

leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

instantly; resolutely

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

reason; cause; history; origin

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

3

useless resistance; vain struggle

5

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

2

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

2

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

under construction

1

to help up

2

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

2

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

to die; to lay down life's burden

1

suicide

2

living person; the living

1

suicide

1

it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

7

somewhere to go; place to go

1

something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig

1

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

2

whichever one chooses; either way

8

to tear off; to rip off

2

(one acting as a) foster parent

1

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

to knock down; to slap down; to floor

1

hammer

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

8

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

2

my husband; one's family; family member

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

7

prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

1

being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself

1

blow; hit (on the body); beating

1

before now; hitherto

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

2

all on one's own

1

something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

2

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

2

teapot

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

6

black tea

4

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1