jpdb beta

round shape; circle; circular form

2

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour

1

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

1

to tower over the surroundings

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

4

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

3

pedestal

2

back (of a chair)

1

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

to sit (down)

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

1

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

robe

2

very deeply

4

hood; kerchief

4

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

3

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

guardian

1

political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

2

rise and fall; ups and downs

1

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

2

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

4

one game (of go)

2

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

2

wave; ups and downs

2

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

3

to disappear; to vanish

1

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

to leave one's seat

2

bureau director; office chief

4

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

2

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid

1

to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

5

to get slightly dirty (all over)

2

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

both knees

2

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2