jpdb beta

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

3

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

a moment ago; just now

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

4

official; civil service

4

pale; pallid

1

appetite (for food)

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

2

official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter

1

counter for books; volume

1

to take; to catch; to capture

1

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

waterfowl; aquatic bird

1

waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

1

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

1

kitchen; financial situation

4

silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

3

to pluck; to pick; to tear

2

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

2

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

3

large plate; platter

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

2

government official

2

to surround; to crowd around

3

why; how

2

to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

extremely; very much

2

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

7

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

2

one (bird)

3

reply; answer

3

(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge

2