jpdb beta

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

3

to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching

1

to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

5

outdoors; outside

3

surreptitious glance; looking furtively

2

entirely; completely; all; nothing but

1

matter for great congratulation

1

non-fruit-bearing flower; sterile flower; something that is flashy with no content

1

change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

8

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

1

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

1

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

2

drizzle; light rain

1

several times; a few times

1

with a start; with a jump

2

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

1

dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break

1

doing as one is told; yes-man

1

paper punch

2

Eiffel Tower

2

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

Genroku period (1688-1704); Genroku era

1

dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)

1

sixteen; 16

1

ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

4

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

1

popular novel

1

representative; exemplary; model

1

Osaka (city)

1

haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.); haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century); absurd; comical

2

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

1

neglecting; leaving alone

1

to play around; to gallivant about

1

disinheritance; disowning

3

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim

3

Netherlands; Holland

1

whole day and night; 24 hours

1

to compose a haiku poem

1

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

2

soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the customer never has an empty bowl

1

eating quickly; speed-eating

1

overeating; gorging; guzzling

1

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

1

samurai romance

1

novels or plays about the merchant class

1

pornographic book (Edo period)

1

man of the hour; woman of the hour

1

one theory; one opinion; another theory

3