jpdb beta

useless resistance; vain struggle

3

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

3

taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole

1

exit and entrance

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

3

to close; to shut

5

to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

3

to make sure; to make doubly sure

1

closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline

3

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

to hang; to hang up

1

slight intoxication

2

foreign lands

1

to be popular

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

6

failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

1

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

5

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

4

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

3

to hold in one's mouth

2

reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

north wind; northerly wind

3

doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)

2

bank; coast; shore

3

shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

1

to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

2

store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and beans

1

dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone

1

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

3

casting; cast-metal object

3

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

3

shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

1

mountain hamlet; mountain village

1

very thick; heavy

1

appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover

1

octopus

1

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

corrupt monk; greedy monk; (arch.) liar

1

corrupt monk; greedy monk; (arch.) liar

1

temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

to hit upon something

1

first love; puppy love

1

even if I told you

1