jpdb beta

hero; great man

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

6

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

6

attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

1

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

3

overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

1

person always at one's side

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

11

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

4

foliage; leaves of trees

1

growing thick

1

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

3

Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

1

relative; relation

3

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

2

village

3

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

2

each; every

4

every night; nightly

2

thin strip of bamboo

2

to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit

1

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

3

snow; snowfall

10

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

8

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

the sun; providence; god

1

day and night

2

constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal

3

gas light; gas lamp

1

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

13

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

5

duty; obligation; responsibility

5

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

13

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

1

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

5

freely; right and left; as one pleases

2

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

an inch ahead; the immediate future

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

men and women of all ages

2

flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals

1

swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

2

smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

7

rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete

1

cement

1