jpdb beta

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

to flare up; to burst into flames

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

9

participant; entrant; player; competitor

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

4

to get in touch with

3

independent action; acting alone

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

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

2

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

7

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

3

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

3

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

1

Chinese paper

3

jūbako; multi-tiered food box

8

square; rectangular

3

refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained

1

not only

1

murder; killing; murderer

10

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

3

to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

1

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

4

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

1

copper saucepan; copper pot

2

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

earthenware pot

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

3

Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)

2

purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

3

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

mind and body

1

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

1

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

2

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser

1

one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death

2

moan; groan; groaning

2

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

bark; howl; roar; bellow

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1