jpdb beta

small; little; few

2

clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

make; workmanship; preparation

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

3

next (day, morning, etc.); following

4

to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time

1

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

2

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

2

yesterday

2

east

1

west

2

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

journal; magazine; periodical

2

memory; sense; experience

1

flowery prose

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

hearsay; rumour

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons

1

icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

2

hoof

1

metal

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

1

stagecoach

1

just one person; only one

1

comforter; muffler; neckerchief; scarf; neckwear

1

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

4

with hands in pockets; idleness

2

car; vehicle

1

corner; nook; recess

1

stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station

4

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

3

riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership

1

the end

2

long, leisurely bath

1

to boil; to seethe

1

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

1

valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

2

only; just

1

moonlit night

1