jpdb beta

regret; repentance; remorse

15

talent; ability

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

4

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

4

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

3

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

5

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

2

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

trial product; prototype model

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

1

fruit

1

boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

2

descendant

2

one's original family name; maiden name

1

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

2

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

9

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

4

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

3

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

doll; puppet; figure

2

size

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

3

pattern paper (for dressmaking)

1

apparel (clothing)

2

pattern maker (for clothing); fashion designer

3

vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

2

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

two weeks; fortnight

2

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

5

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

simple; plain

2

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong

1

Italian

5

chef

3

beginning; outset; first; onset

5

natural food; health food

1

store; shop

10

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

1

vegetable

2

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

3