jpdb beta

rare; seldom

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

10

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

large meal; large meals

1

curious; strange; unusual

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

3

first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial

2

this (very thing); this precisely

1

creative writer

1

novel; original; new; innovative

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

1

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

1

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

1

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

4

masterpiece

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

offender; transgressor; violator

1

conflict; strife

1

crime

2

severe punishment; rigorous measures

1

blunder; slip; error; error

1

to give a reason

4

government official

1

pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening

1

advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)

1

to name

1

to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

1

stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

1

birth

1

way of reciting; way of telling a story

2

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

5

day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

1

(mouth) gag

6

when eating

1

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

4

empress dowager

1

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

6

for a second time

1

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

2

inner glow or light; deep gloss or luster (lustre)

1

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

9

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

2

it's already too late

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

6