jpdb beta

evening; early night hours

3

apology; excuse

4

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

2

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

2

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

to request earnestly

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

1

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

1

dislike; hatred; fear

2

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

21

to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

1

staying over

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

there, there

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

2

they; those guys

1

arson; incendiarism

3

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

5

to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark

1

older brother; elder brother

2

elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

2

comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock

1

blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist

4

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

2

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

1

drink money; drinking money

2

(someone else's) daughter

5

woman; lady; adult female

6

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

these days; now; recently

1

mad dog

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

spell; curse; dharani; mantra

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

1

charm; incantation; spell; curse

1

ladle; dipper; scoop

1

ladle; dipper; scoop

2

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

(arch.) purifying salt; pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant; whitecap

1

worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

1

eyebrow

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

1