jpdb beta

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

plan; idea; design; plot

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

regret; repentance

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

to hide; to conceal

2

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

1

The 47 Ronin

3

to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

parking on the streets; on-street parking

2

obvious; transparent

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

5

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

forty; 40

10

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

5

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

4

aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

humiliation; shame; loss of face

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

3

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

truth; real situation

2

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

4

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.

2

Thursday

2

eight o'clock

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

historical play; period drama

4

to see; to look; to watch; to try to

1

pious men and women; religious people; the faithful

1

all; everyone; everybody

2

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha

1

just before

1

after

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)

4

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

5

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1