jpdb beta

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

2

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

1

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

1

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

oil

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

3

retreat; dwelling for someone in seclusion

1

to get late; to advance; to wear on

2

heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

and so; therefore; for that reason

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

2

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

loan

1

ground; earth's surface

1

house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house

1

collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked

1

carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

1

counter for places

1

divining sticks; counting; calculation

3

notebook; account book; register

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

person of high rank or income

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

blackmail; extortion; persistent demand

1

to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

2

to sleep; to fall asleep

2

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

to save up (money)

1

counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)

2

window

6

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

head

1