jpdb beta

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

2

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

2

yoyo

4

portion for two people

2

bracelet

2

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

2

(not) altogether; (not) wholly

2

fire; flame; blaze

2

recurrence; revival; resuscitation

2

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

2

food and drink; eating and drinking

2

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

2

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

2

main temple building; nave

2

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

4

tone; manner of speaking

2

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

2

august; beautiful

2

food offering to the gods; prepared food

2

calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

2

ancient Shinto music and dancing

4

nature; property; disposition

2

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

3

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

8

shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

2

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

2

(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil

2

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

charm; amulet

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

4

fortune-telling; divination

2

sales; selling; marketing

2

prohibition; inhibition; ban

2

to sell

2

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

number one

2

number two; mistress; concubine

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

4

four

2

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

2

good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha

2

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

2

social disposition

2

heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind

2

bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness

2

indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal

2

taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

2