jpdb beta

diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted

5

blister; corn

1

temporary name; provisional name

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

7

to be at a loss for words

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

1

extremely; highly

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

5

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

2

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

2

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

2

extermination; expulsion; destruction

3

(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

7

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

opponent; antagonist

1

putrid smell of a corpse

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

mankind; humanity

2

devilishness

1

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

2

main cause; primary factor

9

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

2

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

6

to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

1

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

8

gravesite; tomb

8

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

1

summary; digest

1

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

9

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

2

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

heading; headline; index; headword

2

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

2

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

4

four-eyed; pattern of four squares

3

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

6

fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant

1

although; though; despite the fact that ...

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

custom

1

tale; narrative

2

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1