jpdb beta

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

1

to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

1

entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

3

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

2

to force open; to push open

2

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

3

frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong

3

to shout at

2

daddy; father; husband

3

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

3

strange voice

1

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

order; command; directions; instructions

9

to expel; to drive out

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

2

to leave a dish half-eaten

1

skin-on boiled taro corm

1

munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt

2

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

1

one's mother

2

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

7

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

2

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

2

to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant

1

to be manageable; to be able to handle

1

straw futon; straw mattress; palliasse

2

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

2

three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank

7

long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

6

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

1

under the eaves

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

3

scenery; scene; landscape

4

face; looks; features

2

stripping; skinning; tearing; removing

1

water vapour; water vapor; steam

1

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

3

boundless; limitless; vast; broad

1

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

4

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

2

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

1

very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...

1

pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

2

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

7

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

3

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

wild beast; wild animal; brute

4

brigand; bandit

1