jpdb beta

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

8

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

12

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

3

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

2

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

5

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

3

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

4

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

3

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

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

3

can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...

1

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

5

to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate

1

rather than (do ...)

3

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

5

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity

2

illiteracy

1

(liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot

3

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

8

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

8

reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

3

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

4

rain gear

1

this

8

rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

2

soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

6

sack for charcoal

1

under the eaves

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

2

every morning

3

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

2

door; entrance; gateway

3

red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

2

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

6

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

4

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

3

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

20

to press against each other; to huddle together

1

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1