jpdb beta

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

3

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

2

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

6

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

2

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

6

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

6

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

3

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

meaning; called; said

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

14

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

3

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

lifelike doll

2

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

2

they; them

6

madness; insanity

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

2

work; business; company; study

2

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

3

social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

morning; a.m.

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

3

Shinto shrine

3

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

3

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

3

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

10

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

Japan

2

from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

2

magic; sorcery; incantation

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

general; popular; common; typical

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

2

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

from the beginning; from scratch

1

sales; selling; marketing

1

purchase; buy

1