jpdb beta

stale; hackneyed; cliched

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

Champagne glass; Champagne flute

1

stem (of a plant); stem (bicycle part); axle; shaft

1

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

unspecified large number (of people)

1

calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal

1

view of life

1

philosophy

1

message

3

unspecified; random; indefinite

1

to be able to do; to be capable of doing

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

3

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

1

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

3

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

2

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

2

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

14; fourteen

2

rush mat; matting; mat

2

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

2

one shō bottle (1.8 litres)

2

earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

1

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

2

how many times?

1

all night; throughout the night

1

Taoism; Daoism

1

sixty; 60

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings

1

(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper

1

to shorten one's life

1

the Sun

2

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

1

excuse; pretext

2

merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

to resound; to make a stir

1

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs

1

(animal) collar; necklace; choker

1

unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly

2