jpdb beta

funny story; funny anecdote

1

hey there; I say; see here

3

military discipline; military regulations; military rules

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

2

guard; convoy; escort

2

to lie down (and rest)

3

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

to work without sleep or rest

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

3

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

3

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

5

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

6

huge; big; enormous

2

intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy

1

high; high school

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

different opinion; objection

1

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

4

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

2

(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

2

after; since

1

father

2

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

3

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

2

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

3

you could say that; that might be so

1

moustache; mustache

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

3

sofa; couch

3

to sit down

1

count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

27

letter; note

1

addressing someone without an honorific title; calling (someone); summoning

1

itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

1

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

2

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

2