jpdb beta

lotus pond

2

rim; brim; edge; brink

5

red carp; golden carp

3

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

2

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

2

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

2

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

4

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

2

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

4

attic; loft

3

silkworm (Bombyx mori)

5

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

here; with this

1

to get drunk

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

5

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

6

to look around; to survey

3

transom; skylight; dormer window

1

south

2

end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

fine (mesh, fabric texture)

1

to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

2

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

10

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

paper box; paper carton

2

(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)

1

to lower; to be lowered

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

2

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

3

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

portable brazier

1

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

5

stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

2

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

5

straight grain; quartersawn grain

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

4

paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

3

painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

2

sewing; needlework

5

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

7

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

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