jpdb beta

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

5

paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

1

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

2

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

2

good grief

1

sigh

3

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

3

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

7

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

6

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

1

the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine

3

counter for temples

8

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

area; region

1

East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

1

warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

2

visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

1

kanji; Chinese character

2

straight line; beeline

2

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

7

dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

3

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

2

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

name; given name; first name

2

class

1

ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

1

relative; relation; kin

2

adopted daughter; foster daughter

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

2

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

2

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

and; thereupon; because of that

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

4

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

10

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

2

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

to be found; to be discovered

3

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1