jpdb beta

to shave

2

dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself

3

changing one's clothes; a change of clothes

1

to bow slightly; to make a slight bow

2

something wrapped in a furoshiki

4

haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

2

distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

3

happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

2

large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool

1

summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

3

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

4

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

2

omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

3

surrounding at a distance

1

direct relation

1

to crowd; to flock; to swarm

2

Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)

2

altar

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

2

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

4

staff with plaited paper streamers

2

green leaves

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

1

contrast; antithesis; comparison

1

eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

2

Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

2

friend; acquaintance

3

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

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

6

immaturity; infancy

1

(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content

2

to take a veneer off something

1

the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

1

caustic words

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

wooden hammer; wooden mallet

2

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

1

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

2

sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods

1

earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware

1

generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less

2

cold sake

2