jpdb beta

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

2

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

2

many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

2

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

3

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

2

if; in case; supposing

5

fifty; 50

5

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

2

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

very hungry; starving; ravenous

1

onigiri; rice ball

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

2

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

4

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

22

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

3

to happen to pass by

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

2

among (them); of (them)

1

father

3

only daughter

1

daughter

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

2

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

9

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

3

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

4

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

16

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

2

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

2

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

5

house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper

1

magistrate; shogunate administrator

2

police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)

1

to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

3

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

3

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

3

rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

7

to arrest; to apprehend

1

final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

1

all; wholly; entirely; without exception

1

estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

2

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

1

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

1

since then; from that time; ever since

1