jpdb beta

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute

1

to make a pilgrimage

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

4

not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.); sober face; sobriety; (arch.) face with no make-up; (arch.) unpainted face

1

worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person

2

New Year's Eve; December 31

5

Norse mythology

1

Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami

31

Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

1

system; organization; organisation; architecture

1

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

1

tens of thousands of years

1

black soybean

1

(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)

2

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

informal; simplified

1

bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi); sushi mat

1

straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot

1

Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia

1

mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts

2

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

1

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

2

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

1

parboiling; preparatory boiling

1

popular song program on radio or television

3

mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

1

red team

3

small grain; small stature or ability

1

white team

1

block votes (e.g. of a labor union, labour union)

1

emphatic sentence-ending particle

1

leading figure; influential figure; mogul

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

big prize; first prize

1

business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law

1

light and darkness; light and shade

1

in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine

1

to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

1

display and sale of new products

7

thorny path

1

death in battle; death on the battlefield

1

one-man business; sole proprietorship; owner-managed enterprise

1

receiving orders (for goods, etc.)

2

creative

1

seller; vendor

1

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

1

money-making; earning money

2