jpdb beta

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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

2

approximately the same

2

to lie down (and rest)

1

jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); acrida cinerea; oriental longheaded locust

1

heat haze; shimmer of hot air

3

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

2

about this time

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

black terracotta; black soil

2

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

3

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

to play shogi

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

2

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

3

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

cooked rice; meal

2

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

gradually

2

to become red; to redden; to blush

1

secondhand store

1

calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

1

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

5

low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

6

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

1

yes; that is so

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

Schopenhauer

2

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

close-cropped hair; shaven head

1

the whole school

1

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

1

notice; attention; observation

1

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter

2

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

2

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

1