jpdb beta

several people; a few people

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

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

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

5

carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

13

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

to be found; to be discovered

2

no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

1

(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse

1

rather than

2

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

34

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

23

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

2

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

God; god; ace; king; superior person

4

Hastings

8

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

1

exploration; expedition

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

1

dim; gloomy

1

rustic; country-style

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

3

tool; implement; means; furniture

3

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

to lean against; to set against

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

4

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

3

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

1

should do; ought to do

3

tension; mental strain; nervousness

2

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

palm (of one's hand)

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

8

cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax

9

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

8

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

2

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

1

to shrug one's shoulders

7

to pick up; to find; to gather

6

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

3

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

11

goose

1

please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

2