jpdb beta

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

5

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

mountain climbing; mountaineering

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

(very) beginning; start

1

recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

1

hiking

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

one month

1

trial and error

2

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

special training; intensive training; crash course

2

counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging

1

(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

1

common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird

1

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

2

visual hallucination; vision

1

alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication

1

abstinence from alcohol

1

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

2

laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

1

twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)

1

to start; to begin; to commence

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

3

on bad terms; at loggerheads

2

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

1

to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

alternately; by turns

2

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

3

Totoro

1

soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat

1

Tarr

1

overnight bus; night bus

1

in the mountains; among the mountains

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

foundation; basis

2

position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

5

sour; acid

1

show me

2

high five; high-touch

1

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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

reminiscent talk

1

to hand over; to surrender

3

without omission; in full

1