jpdb beta

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

6

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

9

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

fruit knife; paring knife

1

in the ward or borough

1

bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

17

being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

2

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

6

next; then; after that

1

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

1

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

3

makuragaeshi; monster that flips pillows over at night; changing a pillow position (esp. for a dead body); acrobatic routine involving multiple wooden pillows

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

ahead; before; the future

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

3

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

2

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

16

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

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

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

16

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

2

outer space; void of space

7

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

2

weight training; muscle training

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

2

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

4

to lose balance

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

2

sanatorium; rest home

1

in the end; at the end of the day

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

6

complete recovery; healing

1

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

11

hospitalization; hospitalisation

8

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

sickroom; hospital room; ward

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

3

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

5

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1