jpdb beta

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

book; volume

2

crosswise

1

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

1

makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi

1

parchment

1

canvas; base

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

desk

2

performance of one's official duties

1

low table

2

elbow

1

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished

1

sake bottle

2

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

1

bam; whomp; thump

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

in proportion to; just as much as

1

walk; stroll

1

holiday; day off

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

guidance; leadership; leading the way

2

to keep a watchful eye on

2

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

1

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

3

sheep (Ovis aries)

14

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

2

unnecessary; unneeded

1

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

4

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

3

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

last night; yesterday evening

1

dry field farming; dry field crop

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

8

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

4

will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

5

till just now

1

both (people); the two of them

2

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1