jpdb beta

of course; certainly; indeed

1

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

8

book; register

16

horse mackerel, cut open and dried

10

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

7

sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey

5

root vegetables boiled in broth

1

pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

5

punchy; powerful; hard-hitting; stimulating; having impact

1

heron (Ardeidae)

11

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

6

proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease

3

to beat (eggs)

1

all; everything

1

egg soup

2

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

9

quickly

3

lotus root

4

seasoning with salt; amount of salt

3

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

8

grandmother

14

human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world

1

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

7

head; chief; boss

28

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

2

serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not

7

to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

affable; sociable; friendly

2

high price

6

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

4

pattern; design

3

wooden clappers

3

extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot

1

to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound

3

long ago; once upon a time

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

2

short-tempered person; irritable person

1

drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk

6

to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)

3

to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

1

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost

3

weeping; lamenting

5

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

2

fist fight

2

illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

1

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

2

to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)

2