jpdb beta

acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

1

professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum

1

coffered ceiling

2

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

look; glance; stone (in the game of go)

1

graciously

1

gang of rowdies

2

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste

1

feudal lord

3

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

3

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

1

unrelated; unconnected

1

skilled physician; noted doctor; master

1

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

Jikou

1

providential protection

2

persuasion; convincing

1

contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

1

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

2

patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

2

looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

1

working in the fields; working on a farm

1

at odd moments

1

subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust; (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

1

3.03 meters (ten shaku); length; measure; Mr.; Mrs.

1

grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness

1

big timber; big caliber (man) (calibre)

1

grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)

1

cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue

1

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

go for it; heave; ugh

2

low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

you; my dear; hey

2

Okichi

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laundry; the washing

1

alcohol; sake

3

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

2

work clothes; business suit

3

bare shoulder

2

sawdust

2

all; everyone; everybody

2

falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)

2

tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

1

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1