jpdb beta

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

3

family lineage

1

finger; toe; digit

11

long and narrow

1

quadrilateral; square

1

as a child; when one was a child

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

6

to grow taller (of people)

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

pregnancy; conception; gestation

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

3

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

4

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

wet through; drenched

1

to be helpful; to be useful

3

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

10

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

3

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

8

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

6

table

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

4

health foods

1

black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

2

one's mother

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

7

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

2

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

8

of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

4

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

1

horse racing

1

keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish

1

alcohol; sake

1

to have an accident; to meet with an accident

1

to get drunk

1