jpdb beta

way; method; means; resource; course

1

looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward

3

common front; united front

1

comical

1

one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator

2

bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

2

spy; secret agent

2

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

3

love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple

1

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

1

gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery

1

heart

1

to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

1

period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

1

self-possessed; composed

1

partial

1

to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

4

servant; manservant; menial

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

to put one's trust in

2

very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

1

adoration; admiration; devotion

5

land

1

Enoshima

2

mishearing

1

to join together; to patch together

1

dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing

1

to grant someone's request; to do a favour

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

2

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

isn't it?; it really is

4

small; little; few

1

end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

2

third; no. three

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

2

obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent

1

yo-yo; yoyo

1

borderline; boundary

1

to find out

1

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

1

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

1

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

1

fatal

1

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

1

anguish; trouble; agony

1

gratitude; thanks; apology

1

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

1

parting ways after a quarrel

1