jpdb beta

wavy line

1

systematic; regular; routine

1

soot

3

Phonautograph

3

to be sooty; to be stained

1

the reverse; other side; lining

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

weather; temper; mood

1

salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)

1

waste of time; killing time

1

coming; going

1

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

1

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

2

the Moon

3

you; my dear; hey

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

in this case

1

to give; to do (something) for

1

hint

2

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

2

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

1

lullaby

3

guess; conjecture

1

record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)

4

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

2

disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

1

to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

3

ladder (in go)

3

time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

1

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

1

at a moment's notice; readily

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2