jpdb beta

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

yes; that is so

2

automatic; intransitive verb

1

clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

1

technique; art; skill; move

2

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

washi; Japanese paper

1

to finish; to graduate

2

to hand over; to surrender

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

1

master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part

1

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

1

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

2

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

2

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

4

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

sleeping alone

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

3

dawn

1

to freeze

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

snow; snowfall

1

day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

1

to increase; to grow

2

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

1

ice house; ice room; cold room

1

like; as if; the same as

2

rest omitted; and so on

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

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

9

ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

love letter

2

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

2

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

4

to reread; to read again

3

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

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

4

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

6

letter; missive; note; mail

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to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

5

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

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