jpdb beta

shall; should; must

2

year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age

1

this year

1

one's remaining years

2

trouble

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)

1

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

2

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

2

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

1

banishment; exile

2

both times

1

moment; instant

1

righteousness; justice; right

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna

2

emphasizes direct object of action

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

to bear; to endure

2

rare; seldom

2

following blindly

1

bid for popularity; publicity stunt

1

very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

2

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

1

short steps; mincing stride; crotch; groin; thigh

1

scooping

1

manipulation; puppet

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

confused; scattered; differing; diverse

1

(of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong

1

listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

3

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1

humming; crooning

1

fish

3

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

3

rifle; small arms

3

manufacture; production

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

3

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

2

light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments

1

brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

2

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

3