jpdb beta

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability

1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite

1

kitchen garden

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

6

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

curtain; hanging; bunting

3

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

veil of darkness; curtain of night

1

regular customer; valued client

1

to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

3

every week

1

to occur; to happen

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

5

meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

5

something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

this and that; such and such

1

to board a ship

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

1

Japan

4

scenery; scene; landscape

3

sea; ocean; waters

2

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

experiment

2

powerful; strong

1

commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph

1

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

1

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

3

to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

India-ink painting

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surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

1

Vietnam

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

2