jpdb beta

wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool

5

Three Wise Men

1

highest grade; superlative degree

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

4

advanced level; high grade; senior

7

to need; to call for; to require

3

extremely

1

face (of person)

3

pale; pallid

1

intruder; trespasser

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

1

S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second

1

death by heatstroke; heat-related death

4

bisection

2

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

3

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

4

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

4

to grasp at the air

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

3

everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled

1

highly ridiculous; quite absurd

1

sixth day of the month; six days

1

measure; step; action

2

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

3

several items; many items

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to tie one on; to get drunk

1

law enforcement

2

flirting; making out

1

early on; earlier on; from early

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

4

to make do errands; to set to scutwork

1

roll of banknotes

2

dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

3

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

3

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

5

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

2

to weep one's eyes out

1

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

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

in large drops

3

sliding storm shutter

1

in that way; like that; that way

3