jpdb beta

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

4

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

6

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings

1

family lineage

1

son and heir; son who will succeed one

1

to work hard at one's lessons

1

celebrity; personage

1

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

1

nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

1

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

1

to go to see; to visit

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

2

dilapidated house; deserted house

2

vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum

1

sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

6

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

2

swindling

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

to breathe while sleeping

1

whole family; all one's family

1

strange voice

3

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

4

anguish; (great) pain

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

3

exorcism rite; purification

1

to leave this world; to die

1

surface of the earth; ground surface

3

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

4

in many cases

1

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

2

admiration; being impressed (by)

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

2

making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling

1

adherent; devotee; believer

1

leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

1

spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

1

place of execution; execution site

1

(dead) body; corpse; remains

2

change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

1

orbit; eye socket

1

wind in the fields

1

to select; to pick out

1