jpdb beta

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

4

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

14

cryptid (animal whose existence is unsubstantiated, e.g. the yeti)

20

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

30

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

50

government; administration; ministry

21

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

17

unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous

1

urban legend

20

maybe; could be; might

16

material; materials; data; information; documents

42

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

1

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

3

originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

2

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

6

long time; several hours; long spell

6

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

11

(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

12

rest; break; recess; intermission

29

thanks

3

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical

5

Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period

1

deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

7

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

7

older; senior

8

yellow tint

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

11

temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

4

paper

6

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

2

fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

13

to dig out; to pick up

2

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

6

one box

2

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

2

publication

1

form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

12

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

14

diary; journal

4

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

2

most; extremely

64

Rumi

2

fist

2

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

1

free paper; free newspaper

1

demon world

1

(your) time

4

radio

11

echo; echo; ultrasound (scan); Echo

1

show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment

6