jpdb beta

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

37

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

3

ago; since; before; previous

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

2

Italy

14

Heiji

14

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

2

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

14

knowing; (an) acquaintance

3

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

to get drunk

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

3

to pick a fight

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

8

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

23

to; towards; for

14

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

21

that; those; the

7

drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

3

smith; blacksmith

2

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

41

lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

1

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

7

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

12

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

11

village

8

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

3

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

3

now; the present time; just now; another; more

10

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

5

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

2

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

7

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

2

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

lately; recently; nowadays

2

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

3

extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

6