jpdb beta

action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

6

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

2

endostyle; interior column; inner pillar

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

through; by way of; after; via

2

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

2

new; unused; new

8

counter for books; volume

2

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

3

a little; somewhat

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

7

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

2

empress; queen

3

precipitous

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

1

indisposition; sickness

1

Fujiwara Nakanari

1

second marriage

1

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

1

Saemonnojou

1

regent to the shogunate

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son

2

peak; mountain

1

orphan

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

3

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

2

emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

soon; in the near future

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

2

chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine

2

guidance; guide

2

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

11

high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

1

first torii gate of a shrine

1

to build; to construct

8

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

11

to escape

2