jpdb beta

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

5

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

6

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

29

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

9

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

5

to pass (of time); to elapse

2

food

2

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

15

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

to be thirsty

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

4

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

now; come (now); well

2

to vomit; to spit out

2

shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

1

mere; only; just; slight

2

thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

2

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

1

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

1

to fish; to angle

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

4

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

10

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

1

fishing line

1

fish hook

1

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

13

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

4

without

3

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

2

second day of the month; two days

2

third day of the month; three days

1

dehydration

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

16

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

13

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

3

(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

to dry

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

13

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

6

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

impulse; impetus; urge

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to fill one's heart; to overcome one

1

aha!; yes sir

5

ha ha ha (laughter)

4

spasmodic(ally); fitful

2

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

2