jpdb beta

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

1

environment; circumstance

4

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

6

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

5

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

ideal

2

image; figure; figure; form; image

3

whole nation; whole land; whole country

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

3

reason for being; raison d'être

1

manners; etiquette

1

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

1

refusal; rejection

2

blood relationship; blood relative

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

6

Hannes

5

secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

1

incurable illness

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

2

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

3

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

traditional; conventional

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

4

mother; wife

2

to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

4

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

3

dried meat; jerky

4

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

2

lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily

1

by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

1

tradition; convention

3

tension; mental strain; nervousness

5

spoon

1

younger brother and sister

1

brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

1

Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

3

having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way

1

person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

1

Emilia

1

being startled

2

in large drops

2