jpdb beta

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

5

old friend; old pal

2

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

3

restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason

2

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

3

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

3

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

3

unconditionally; as a rule

4

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

they

3

tomorrow; near future

10

engagement; business; affair; use; need

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

4

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

evening; early night hours

2

password; watchword; motto; slogan

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

pool (in river)

8

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

1

as is habit; the way life normally is

1

to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

4

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

2

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

44

police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

cigarette; cig; smoke; fag

1

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

1

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

1

Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

2

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

2

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

2

king and princes; noble rank

2

beggar; begging

20

to send in

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

3

(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern

2

hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire

2

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

5

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

a certain ...

3

Sanjouoohashi

3

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

8