jpdb beta

premature joy; short-lived elation

1

runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

3

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

hopscotch

1

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

6

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

3

last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

5

depression; low spirits; dejection

2

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

1

palm (of one's hand)

68

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

2

to share

1

mountain air

1

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

6

goddess; female deity

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

2

undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

2

to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

1

temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

1

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

7

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

2

store; reserve; stock; savings

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

2

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

1

slight; dim; faint

1

if it is the case that ...

1

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

2

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.

3

focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of

1

name change

3

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

2

collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

1

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers

3

miscalculation

3

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

5

sadism

1

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

2

straight hair

3

laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

2

(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness

1

love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

7

heave-ho!; heave!

3

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

4

smell

1

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

3