jpdb beta

hey!; oi!; ahoy!

3

without cause; without reason

1

lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

1

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

ready ... (as in "ready, go!")

1

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

1

being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

1

Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights

1

Tsukahara Bokuden (1489-1571)

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

2

seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

1

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

3

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

10

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

that sort of; like that

1

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

2

green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

2

cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune

2

to pass through town

2

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

1

to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate

1

to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; (lit.) to guard the tree stub

1

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

1

dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged

1

to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting

1

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

6

flood

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

2

sword hilt; decorative hilt

1

lake

1

bottom of a lake

1

being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

2

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

1

to crumble away; to collapse

1

one's future course

1

festival merrymaking; revelry

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

self-sacrificing

1

temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum

2

bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

manner; style

1

young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower

2

foolish face; stupid look on one's face

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

2