jpdb beta

bet; wager; stake; gamble

1

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

5

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

9

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

to build a house

2

ten times; tenfold

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

2

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

8

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

3

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

7

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

7

to see; to look; to watch; to try to

3

grandmother

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

2

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

5

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

3

Yui Shousetsu

3

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

5

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

6

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

2

war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds

2

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

just because; even if; even though

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

6

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

violation; transgression

1

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

2

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

14

to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

1

especially; above all; inter alia; among others

1

relation; connection

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

to increase; to grow

1

bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

5

failure; mistake; blunder

4

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

2

isolation; being alone; being friendless

2

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

4

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

8

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

2

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

1

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

5

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

1

according to (someone)

5

assistance; aid; support

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

2