jpdb beta

slapping the opponent with the open hand

1

quickly; briefly

1

nostalgia

1

last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

1

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

2

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

2

making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

3

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

1

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

2

upper arm

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter

1

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

1

fishing industry; fishery

1

posterity; future life; life to come

1

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

2

abundant (grain) crop; good harvest

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

1

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

prayer

1

Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

1

to value; to prize; to honor; to respect

1

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

very loose; slowly; leisurely

1

opposite; reverse; contrary

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

new school term

4

light brown; golden brown; tan

2

pale; pallid; bluish-white

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

perm (hairstyle); permanent wave

1

coloring; colouring

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

meow; miaow; cat

1

corpulence; fatness; obesity

1

brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up

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