jpdb beta

apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed

1

joke; jest; funny story

4

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

true character; true heart; true spirit

1

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

3

imperial throne; the Crown

2

divine; imperial

1

adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently

1

face (of person)

4

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

strong; intense; severe

2

slap; smack; spanking

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

2

tailspin; spin; drilling; boring

1

rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

3

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

17

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

pale; pallid

2

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

1

opening and closing; opening and shutting

1

to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

1

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

1

I; me

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

5

only; nothing but

9

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

4

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

desperation; struggle to the death

2

protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

staying the night; lodging (at)

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

2

threatening (esp. voice, tone, words)

1

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

to embrace each other

2

mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with

2

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

3

cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

1