jpdb beta

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

4

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

5

Ciel

1

Nero

1

Walachia (Roumania)

1

Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star

1

junior

4

kaiser; emperor

2

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

2

to be superstitious; to believe in omens

1

naming; christening; fiance; fiancee

3

middle name

1

kiss scene; kissing scene

1

two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)

3

groggy

1

lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

1

sense of orientation; sense of direction

4

to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

1

negative (of a picture)

1

to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

1

direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun

1

unnecessary; needless

2

untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)

2

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

3

mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something

1

university student; college student

1

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

2

ban'ei; form of horse racing in which draft horses pull heavy sleds up sand ramps

1

(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

7

shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); tap on the shoulder (request to resign)

1

day of departure

3

froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell

2

to race against time

3

business trip; official trip

10

fortunes of war

7

don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

2

supply; provision; raising; procurement

5

lumen

1

literal translation; direct translation

1

density

14

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

4

sunlight

1

since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

5

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

5

truly; in earnest

2

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

extremely; very much

2