jpdb beta

last year

4

love problems; problem related to love

2

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

2

negotiations; discussions; connection

2

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1

giving careful thought to the future; finishing up carefully

1

to wriggle

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

8

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

blackmail; extortion; persistent demand

5

to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)

3

level; value

2

inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration

1

nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless

5

avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare

2

retaliation; revenge

1

purification; exorcism

2

to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

3

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

3

association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)

12

(short) rest; breather; break

3

hibernation; staying indoors during winter

2

to get scarce; to run short

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

3

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

6

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

1

wind blowing down from mountains

3

mountain stream

2

to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea

3

facing south; southern exposure

2

bundle; bunch; sheaf

8

sitting in a circle

1

lawn; sod; turf

1

day in and day out; all the time

5

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

1

to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

11

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

1

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)

3

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

4

bush; shrub

3

brush and ink; writing; drawing

2

green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

2

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

2

female (animal, plant)

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout

3