jpdb beta

tail (animal); tail end; tip

8

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

Nile (river)

1

river water; stream

1

seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base

1

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

2

to pour on

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

2

wow

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

5

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

12

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

2

small fish; fry

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

5

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

11

cramped

1

tiny; little; wee

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

2

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

12

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

4

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

4

determination; resolution

3

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

27

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

4

even if I told you

2

then; well; so; be; is

80

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

2

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

10

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

8

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

12

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

2

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

2

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

2

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

3

with these words; while saying

8

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

13

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

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

5

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

3