jpdb beta

obscenity; harlotry

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

4

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

12

shall; should; must

2

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

3

(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money

1

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

10

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

4

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

3

coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis

4

dilute; rare

5

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

3

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

9

that is; namely; i.e.

6

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

2

unmarried; not yet married

1

woman; lady; adult female

4

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

3

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

3

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

2

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

12

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

2

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

2

vanity; vainglory

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

3

rather; sooner; preferably

2

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

3

to need; to demand; to take; to require

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

6

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

2

old age

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

11

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

7

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

9

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

4

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

this year

8

aimlessly; somehow

1

both (people)

3

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

5

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2