jpdb beta

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

2

pointing out; identification

4

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

9

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

3

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

control

2

(most) basic of basics

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

5

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

3

to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

2

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

13

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

6

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow

4

tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

2

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

spiritual; incorporeal

4

to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

6

must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall

1

village headman; village mayor

1

villages

1

patriarch; head of a family

2

even (e.g. even a child)

1

prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)

1

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

3

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

superstition; superstitious belief

1

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

to be deep in talk

1

war council

1

horseplay; fooling around

1

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

8

to eat up; to consume (completely)

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

2

source of worry; source of distress

2

store; reserve; stock; savings

1

food

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

2

scramble (for)

2

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

1

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

1

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

1

advice; warning

5