jpdb beta

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

7

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

1

to get one's head around; to think about

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

4

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

6

rarely; seldom

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

5

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

13

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

12

alone; by oneself; on one's own

10

to be reliable

4

to leave (a scene); to step away

1

one mind; the whole heart; wholeheartedness

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

verbal message; word (from someone)

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

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

6

direct

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

25

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

might as well

2

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

2

gravesite; tomb

4

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

4

remains; corpse; (dead) body

2

tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes

1

graveyard

1

corner; nook

4

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

1

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

2

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

1

east

5

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

2

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

7

incense stick

5

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

18

in front of a grave

2

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

3

ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

1

to sell

9

bundle; bunch

2

bunch of flowers; bouquet

2

supply; provision; raising; procurement

2