jpdb beta

concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

1

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

2

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

2

how ...!; what ...!; what?; what's that?

1

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

2

fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

1

(romantic) trouble with women; calamities brought upon a man by a woman

1

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

the good fortune to have been born male

1

cultivation

3

(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

1

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

3

to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

3

unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions

1

minced meat; ground meat

2

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)

36

paper package

1

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

to bear fruit; to produce fruit

1

Mell; Mel; Meru

1

to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

5

to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

1

favour; favor

2

Mineyama

1

to age; to grow old

1

eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

2

withering; dying

1

(arch.) that is in; who is called; that is called; that is; I see

4

beginning of autumn; beginning of fall

1

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

1

untouched; unused; intact

2

settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement

2

negative; minus

2

to pay a tax

1

payment (to the government, authorities, etc.); land tax (often paid in rice); tribute

1

presenting (to)

3

hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

2

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

3

year after next

1

deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

12

hunger; starvation

4

Morat (Switzerland); Mola

1

decisiveness

3

pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

1

human; human-like; as a person

1