jpdb beta

to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

1

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

2

contemplation; meditation

2

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

1

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

main gate; main entrance

2

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

1

first thing in the morning

1

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

3

close; intimate; on good terms

1

madder red; dark red; crimson

1

work clothes; fatigues

1

good-natured old man

2

filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)

1

one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior

1

political measures; policy

1

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

2

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

6

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

3

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

3

going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

3

anxiety; worry; fear

3

labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

3

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

2

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

4

brave; heroic; gallant

3

to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

1

justice; fairness; impartiality

3

to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

1

family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

1

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family

1

to be deep in talk

6

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

3

portrait

4

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

1

prime of life

4

painter; artist; painter supported by patron

1

to become hoarse

2

easy chair; armchair

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

3

to be slow in saying

1

bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer

5

yell; shout; outcry

1

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

1

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

2