jpdb beta

distant land; remote country; province far from the capital

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

lawsuit; complaint

1

(large) house; residence; mansion

1

inspection; observation

1

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

7

huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large

1

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

5

tidying up; finishing

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

1

term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

1

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

encouragement; urging

1

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

1

many thousands

1

earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy

1

plasterer

1

mason; stonemason; stonecutter

1

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

1

wood shavings

1

smell of new wood

1

one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

visitor; guest

1

government affairs

1

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

3

funeral; funeral service

4

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

1

fairy; sprite; elf

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

dictation; verbal statement

1

writing on someone's behalf

3

lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

2

irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

1

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

1

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

2

kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

2

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

1

space; room; airspace

1

practice writing with a brush; study; learning

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

aftertaste

1

uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana

2

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

1