jpdb beta

to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

3

refinement; elegance; grace

1

cushion; pillow; mattress

1

paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

2

excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem; superb rendition of a poem

1

master; expert

1

Sougi; Sougi (1421-1502)

1

to love

1

Soueki

3

well known; well connected

1

social life; social intercourse

1

first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

5

armrest

2

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

4

writing; authoring

1

experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation

1

to be breathtaking; to be stifling

1

miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

1

corner; nook; recess

3

small desk

1

inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless

1

to be silent; to hold one's tongue; to contain oneself; to disregard; to ignore; to let pass

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

1

modesty; humility; being humble

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

1

idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

1

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

2

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

4

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

daddy; father; husband

2

excellent calligraphy; calligraphy

1

-ist; -er

1

poor handwriting

1

father

1

undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child

3

thoughtless person

1

telling (on someone); tattling; snitching

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

parent and child

2

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

4

untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem

3

opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem

1

second verse (in a linked series of poems)

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim

4

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

3

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

1