jpdb beta

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

2

hindrance; impediment

1

stepfather

1

to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

1

doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

2

the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance

1

existence; being; life; survival

1

projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out

1

one's real father; natural father; biological father

4

a long time ago; long before now

1

firstborn; first child; eldest child

1

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

2

to turn against; to become an enemy

7

greedy

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

1

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

speak of the devil

2

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

4

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

1

two things; two persons

1

(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.

1

misgovernment

2

obedient; submissive; tame; slavish

1

gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely; thump-thump; bang-bang; sound of hoofbeats

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

4

receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

1

fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck

1

bright; intelligent

1

self-interest; selfish desire

1

understanding person; supporter

3

external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)

1

territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

1

competent; suitable; qualified

3

to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

4

behavior; behaviour; conduct

1

sound of water

2

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

record; transcript

1

writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

2

(deeply) jealous

1

raindrop

2

awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

4

shower; passing rain

1

to hold (umbrella) over

1

taking shelter from rain

1

heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour

2