jpdb beta

arrival of goods; goods received

1

half step; half a step

8

wealthy merchant

1

to feel depressed

1

to grow old; to age

1

impossible dream

2

as anyone can see

2

protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

3

ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable

3

bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

3

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf

3

to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed

1

to pickpocket; to steal

3

I; me

4

clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom

1

bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

1

purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher

1

stealing; theft

1

sudden impulse; passing fancy

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)

1

plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot

2

thief; robber

1

Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)

1

mission; delegation

1

to put up (a notice); to post

1

Chinese tea

1

cover charge; admission fee; room hire charge

2

high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

8

drawstring pouch

4

challenger

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

3

this much; this amount

2

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

1

value; worth; virtue; blessing

2

hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship

1

to present; to offer; to dedicate

1

to be the case that

2

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

4

Arashiyama

1

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

3

to that extent; so (much)

2

Fujiwara Sanekata (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

2

Ibukiyama

6

Sougi; Sougi (1421-1502)

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

1

false evidence; perjury; false testimony

1

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

1

The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises); secrets (of the art of war, etc.); mysteries

4