jpdb beta

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

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shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

5

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

3

biennially; every second year; every other year

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

4

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

8

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

one sheet of paper

1

to doubt one's own eyes

1

topic of discussion; agenda

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

1

decision; determination

1

matter; item; facts

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

abandoned Shinto shrine

2

time limit

1

density

1

beyond human understanding

1

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

doing whatever one pleases

1

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

4

plainly; clearly; vividly

1

the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings

1

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

1

affectation; pretension

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 run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)

1

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

1

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

1

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

4

thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried

1

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

2

raw food; perishables

1

to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

2

quickly

1

freshly cooked

2

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

snowman

1

shape; form

1

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

grip (of hand); grip strength

1

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly

1

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)

2

spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

1

somewhat below; slightly below

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1