jpdb beta

forelock; bangs

2

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

2

(noble's) page

4

pepper

1

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

4

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

5

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

2

14; fourteen

3

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

1

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

8

last year

9

Boy's Day celebration (May 5)

2

seasonal festival

1

to steal

2

wit; resources; tact

2

to arrest; to apprehend

3

bow (salute, greeting)

5

smoothly; swiftly

3

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

10

evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun

1

catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi

35

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

1

disguise; masquerade

1

scarlet; red

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

3

tanning

5

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

5

leather

10

tortoise shell

1

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

4

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

4

tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

1

light yellowish green; color of a freshly sprouted onion

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

3

birdlime; Nepal holly (Ilex integra)

35

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

10

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

6

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

45

patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

fair-skinned; light-complexioned

1

round face; moon face

1

nose

14

dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal

1