jpdb beta

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

2

stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

2

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

red lips

1

to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

1

fray; frayed spot

1

colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

one's whole soul

2

opening; gap; dried and opened fish

1

to jump at; to be attracted by

1

dark red; deep red

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen

2

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

2

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

history repeats itself

1

(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

3

to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)

3

ardour (ardor); passion

1

culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

2

detailed drawing or picture

1

over-all length; span

1

the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

5

beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start

1

snow-white; pure; immaculate

1

dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal

1

appearance; features; looks

1

indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance

6

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

to be tinged red

1

puffy; somewhat swollen

1

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

3

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

one's whole body

1

white of an egg; albumen

1

underside

1

hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

being sticky

1

the fifth

2

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

old cloth; rag

1

pubic hair

1

wrecked ship

1

empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

ghastly; dreadful

1

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

1