jpdb beta

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

3

then; if so; if

2

extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity

3

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

17

windward; upwind

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

3

glancing (look)

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

4

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

silica

2

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

7

temperature

7

efficiency

1

to become better; to improve

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

1

to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

1

summer

1

finish; end; completion; result

2

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

3

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

1

stone; rock; pebble

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

like; as if; the same as

1

father

7

large profit; a killing

2

the guilty are audacious; show remorse when you are in the wrong

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

2

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

2

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

to use up; to squander

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

2

ancestor; forefather; foremother

4

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

2

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

1

subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

1

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

2

(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion

1

to make a sound

1

precarious situation; precarious state

1

just the other day; quite recently

1

disturbance; riot; mayhem

9