jpdb beta

to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)

5

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

4

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

3

white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin

2

light blue; pale blue; aqua

1

geometrical

1

keffiyeh (traditional Arab headdress); kaffiyeh; kufiya

1

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

1

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

4

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

2

in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

1

court lady; lady-in-waiting

2

cuff; armhole

2

embroidery

6

details; particulars

1

gold thread

2

highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

to lie deep in; to extend far back

1

to face on; to look out on to

2

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

2

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed

1

to be at a loss for words

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

4

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

2

technical; specialist; professional; exclusive

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

seminar

1

foundation; basis

2

person of high rank or position

1

graduate; alumnus; alumna

4

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

3

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side

1

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

1

colour; color; hue; tints

1

orange (fruit, colour)

1

end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

5

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

3

back (of the body)

7

gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

2

still; even now; to this day

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1