jpdb beta

steam; vapour; vapor

3

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

writing in large letters

3

hanging scroll

1

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

(flower) petal

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

2

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

1

leech

1

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

vase

1

to hang down; to dangle

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

2

homemade

1

tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

1

to smile

2

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

5

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

4

master; teacher; stable master

1

Germany

1

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

1

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

to entertain; to make welcome

1

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

3

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

2

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

5

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

3

left eye

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

1

even now; still; as yet

5

plan; idea; design; plot

1

shape; form

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

setting on fire; setting afire

1

nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

2

to stab to death

1

direct control; direct supervision

7