jpdb beta

to be helpful; to be useful

3

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

thanks; gratitude

2

quickly; briefly

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

2

good boy; good girl

5

final; eventual; ultimate

2

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

2

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

8

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

to close; to shut

3

to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

3

to look into; to peer in

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

9

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

with a start; with a jump

2

retreating figure; appearance from behind

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

4

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

student in a lower grade; underclassman

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

1

in public; in company

2

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

3

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

3

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

3

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

forelock; bangs

1

identifiable; personalized

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

relatively; comparatively

2

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

4

over-familiar

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

4

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

14

shoulder

3

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

2

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

help; aid; assistance

2

to subsist; to keep on living

1