jpdb beta

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

3

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)

1

four people

1

liking; taste; choice

4

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction

1

Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

1

common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)

6

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

Nagai

1

beat; mora

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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Kanpō era (1741.2.27-1744.2.21)

1

embolism; intercalation

2

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

2

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

5

rice given in charity; donating rice

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

3

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

one hand

4

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

6

helper; assistant; help

2

Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

1

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

2

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

Naritayama

1

long-armed; kleptomania(c)

2

charity; almsgiving

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

3

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

6

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

2

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

3

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)

1

to jump at; to be attracted by

2

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

5

mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape

4

Yojirou

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

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