jpdb beta

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

6

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls

2

young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

to point at

2

pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater

1

Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

2

desperate; hopeless

1

quick-wittedness; tact

1

rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

fish

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

older brother; elder brother

5

incompetent; have no merit

1

to see through; to see the true nature of something

1

truth; real situation

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

searching for someone; search for a missing person

1

I'll; let's; probably

1

lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

1

two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

1

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

7

brainwashing

1

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

1

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

1

to expel; to drive out

1

transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

peace; harmony

2

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

three-way junction; three-way intersection

2

the opposite direction; the other way

1

to go to meet somebody

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

compromise proposal

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

2

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education

1

intention; aim; design

1