jpdb beta

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

1

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

1

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

acquaintance

3

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

decision; determination; resolution

2

all facts (of a case)

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

4

position; location; base; point; site

1

why; how

5

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

2

wise man

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

4

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

1

kabuki; Japanese classical drama

2

to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

smell of new wood

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

4

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

2

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

1

this year

3

memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

1

mother

6

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; sudden increase (e.g. in public interest); fast rise (e.g. in rank)

1

boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!

1

truth is stranger than fiction

1

can never be able to

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

imprisonment; captive

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

headship of a family; family property

4