jpdb beta

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

61

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

25

reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

10

to change one's clothes

7

once more; again

10

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

1

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

10

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

word; language; speech

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

60

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

4

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

8

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

3

substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

1

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

to bear fruit

5

sisters

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

6

mother

13

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

8

various countries; various regions; various provinces

1

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

21

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

6

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

3

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

19

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

4

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

9

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

14

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

19

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

7

memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

43

to repeat; to do something over again

8

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

6

a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

63

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

1

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

4

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

5

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

157

to point at

4

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

2

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

14