jpdb beta

adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

3

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

what's what; heads or tails

1

to come back; to return; to recur

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

to talk (a person) down; to confute

1

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

3

the following; next

1

cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

3

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

2

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

2

to smile

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity

1

boy; man; male

2

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

to become frosted; to become frosty

1

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

1

one's hometown

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

help; rescue; assistant

1

good walker

1

guide; host

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

4

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

sedge hat and straw rain cape

1

texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground

1

Shimura

1

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

2

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

1

fisherman

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

1

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

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

ferry; ferryboat

2

traveler; traveller; stranger

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

5

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1

sleepover; overnight stay

1

lady; gentleman; person

1

who

1

walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

1

stare; gaze; fixation

4

imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage

1

inlet; seashore; beach

3

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

3