jpdb beta

train; electric train

8

strap (to hang onto)

3

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

4

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

1

crosspiece; bar; rail

4

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

4

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang

1

queer; odd; fantastic

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

relation; connection; relevance

4

Souseki

10

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

11

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

format; procedure; way of proceeding

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

3

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

9

nickname

4

porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

2

fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

1

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

4

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

2

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

6

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

3

Hotsuta

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

6

old river

1

real name

1

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

2

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

first impression

2

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

5

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

1

cooked rice; meal

5

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

3

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

3

aha!; yes sir

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

4

long

2