jpdb beta

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

3

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

3

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

1

to work diligently

2

job seeker magazine for manual labourers published by Recruit Inc. (1991-2009); physical work; physical workers; blue-collar workers

1

construction site

1

work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls

1

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

4

fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

1

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

2

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

1

inkstone

3

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

1

click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound

1

skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

2

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

2

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

2

tip of brush

3

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

4

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1

vitality; (one's) life force

4

comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock

1

to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory

1

spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness

1

poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest

1

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)

7

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

1

easy profit

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

4

one grab

1

strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

2

honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish

5

to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

1

right eye

2

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach

1

punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

1

whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

1

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

1

hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock

1

strict order; peremptory command

2

to scrape off; to rub off

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

10

to poke; to push

1

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

2

reply; response; answer

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2