jpdb beta

paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

1

dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying

4

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

2

germination; sprouting; budding

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

2

loading (a firearm)

4

crystallization

1

refining; purification; careful manufacture

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

accidental; incidental; occasional; casual

1

the very best; utmost

3

suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

very serious matter; matter of very grave concern; momentous event

1

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

2

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

2

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

4

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

7

beer

3

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

5

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

front entrance; front door

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

1

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

purity; innocence

1

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

3

illusion

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

hundreds

1

dragoon

1

(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)

16

thin slice; slicing thin

1

passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification

1

to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out

1

to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

4

to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together

1

harbour

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

takeoff and landing

1

even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just

1

hey; yo; hi; come on; hey

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