jpdb beta

how!; what!; alas!

1

large tree

1

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

2

what do you want?; can I help you?

5

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

2

(present) head of a family

300

call; invitation

6

father

23

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

2

house; family

294

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

12

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

2

brazier; hibachi

1

charcoal; charred remains

1

bright red; bright

2

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

5

Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)

2

uncle

10

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

5

sake cup

2

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

1

one parent; single parent

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

9

to badger; to pester; to beg

7

to grow old; to age

2

crossing a river

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

11

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

3

with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)

1

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

1

old man; old geezer

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort

5

elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out

2

diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

4

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

2

old man; old geezer

14

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

huff; heave-ho

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

4

guard; convoy; escort

3

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

5

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

74

manners; courtesy; etiquette

4

nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

2

(the) executive; administration; leadership

4

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

2