jpdb beta

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

4

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

2

working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

2

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

3

gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

7

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

5

looking tipsy; seeming drunk

1

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

2

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

3

victim

2

to state; to express; to mention

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

2

without

2

stealing

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

to be in opposition; to be in private life

1

utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

2

to fasten a lock

1

never again

3

to make an appearance; to show up

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

8

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

4

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

3

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

2

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

4

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

2

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

6

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

3

longing for others; wanting company

1

Italy

2

France; French (language)

2

in large drops

1

terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is

2

(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

2

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

6

appeal; complaint

1

half a ken (3 shaku, approx. 0.91m)

1

something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

5

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

6

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

7

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing

1

friend

1

snivel; nasal mucus; snot

2