jpdb beta

hesitation; indecision

1

to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off

1

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

6

woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)

1

to strike; to hit; to give hell to

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

10

to be in high spirits

1

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister

3

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

4

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

2

being good-for-nothing; useless person

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

6

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

to request earnestly

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

2

husband and wife; married couple

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

2

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

21

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

3

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

1

development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile

4

borrowed thing

1

migration; move; emigration; immigration

9

sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)

1

variation

3

older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

21

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

2

mass production

1

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

5

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

to look at the long term

1

on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

opposite side; opposition

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

to build a house

5

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

to blush

6

it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

bush; shrub

1

tall tree; forest tree; arbor; arbour

1

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

3

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

5

heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour

4

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

3

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

4

exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)

1