jpdb beta

by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

6

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

2

going to the capital; working in a government office

1

on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

2

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

2

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

2

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

6

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

3

attendance at a castle

2

abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts

3

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

1

day by day; every day; by the day

1

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

4

three generations; three periods; third generation

2

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

1

to cleanse oneself

1

samurai costume; old ceremonial costume

2

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

3

to leave; to withdraw; to appear before; to present oneself

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

2

next day

2

string made from twisted paper

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

girth of the abdomen

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

1

distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

attendant

2

to sweep clean; to brush clean

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

1

clothes

2

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

3

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

2

middle of the night; dead of night

1

to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed

1

speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence

2

daybreak; dawn

2

water for washing or moistening one's hands

1

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

2

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

2

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

peaceful death

2

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

3

long period (of time)

3

dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing); dysphagy

2

peritonitis

1