jpdb beta

notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card

1

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

1

detour; circuitous route; diversion

1

letter; note

1

at the meeting; on the occasion

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

2

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

1

decisive; resolute; drastic

1

stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion

1

cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress

1

rich person; wealthy person

1

lovable

1

Zen temple

1

good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest

1

attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte

3

small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple

3

hermit's cell; retreat

1

hermitage; retreat

14

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

2

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

1

chill; shakes; ague

1

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

1

someone who is going

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

1

lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn

2

to rust; to become rusty

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

2

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

2

topography; geographical features

1

plain; plateau; tableland

1

slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

6

level ground; plain; flatland

1

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider

1

being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed

1

many; numerous

1

former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

Buddhist priest; monk; boy

7

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

entrance; front door

1

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

1

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

3

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2