jpdb beta

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

1

the end

3

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

4

death; the late; the deceased

2

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

8

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

3

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

good-bye; farewell

2

only; merely; but; no more than

8

impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

2

reply; answer; response

20

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

to follow another's example

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

3

without; unless; have to do

1

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

1

to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

2

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

6

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

5

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

1

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

6

hereafter

1

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

by itself; automatically; naturally

4

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

10

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

5

portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)

4

need; want; necessity; expenses; cost

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

4

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

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

4

to reread; to read again

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

3

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

5

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

to get late; to advance; to wear on

4

one sheet of paper

1