jpdb beta

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

1

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

16

old age

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

2

to get wet

1

acute ear; good ear

1

personage; person (deserving of respect)

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

alcohol; sake

1

being produced in a particular region; local specialty

1

fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

demand for; request

1

knight; keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color

2

irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal

1

aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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empty; vacant; void

1

to breathe while sleeping

2

to surround; to crowd around

1

to gather in a circle; to form a circle

1

individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

1

everyone

2

forty; 40

6

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

5

quirky; idiosyncratic

2

pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant

1

foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien

1

youngest child

2

custom

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

4

(political) purge

5

forehead; brow

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

1

distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

1

seam; stitch; suture

1

history book

4

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

3

rebel; traitor

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

5

insurgent; rioter; mob

9

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

several months

1