jpdb beta

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

2

armpit; axilla

1

lifting (a child) high up in the air

1

to grow old; to age

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

2

having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

1

to be smeared; to be covered

1

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

to apologize; to apologise

1

to wound; to murder

2

to dirty one's hands

1

sinful; wicked; immoral

5

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

oath; vow

1

in public; in company

2

glove; mitten; mitt

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

to straighten oneself

3

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

2

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

overtime work

1

old man

5

intervention

4

birth; nativity

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

popular name; common name; given name

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

old man; old goat

2

human intellect; knowledge

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

1

mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

3

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

2

rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

1

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

1

heartfelt

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