jpdb beta

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

2

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell

1

language

7

bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

18

to memorize; to fix in memory; to master

2

to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated

3

thread; yarn; string

4

to retighten

2

window-sill; window-ledge

1

to sit (down)

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

1

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

1

to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as

1

go (board game)

4

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

4

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

4

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

5

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

6

to gather

1

not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure

1

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

1

that well-known ...

1

only recently; just of late

1

approximately the same

2

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

2

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

4

multi-

14

Kawasaki (city)

2

in that manner; like that

1

altogether; entirely

6

to end in vain; to be wasted effort

3

to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath

1

prediction; estimation

1

dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged

1

to invite in; to show someone in

1

similar people

2

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

2

to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

5

to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

3

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

2

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

5

thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

1

to replace; to move; to change the position of

3

proud; elated

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

2

to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

9

to pinch; to nip

1