jpdb beta

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

vague recollection; faint memory

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

music; notes; notation

2

song; singing

4

to get used to hearing

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

radio

2

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

big; large; great

2

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

12

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

to be something familiar

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

4

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

3

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

5

lower lip

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

autumn; fall

9

temple solicitation book

3

gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps

3

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

3

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

to resound (echo) far and wide

2

rather than

1

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

1

pious; devout

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

2

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

to wash away

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

1

to throw away one's life

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

to be of no importance

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

3

I; me

2

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

2

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

to possess; to haunt

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

8

to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

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