jpdb beta

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

to stoop; to bend over

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

3

to return; to come back

5

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

3

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

while passing each other

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

apologetic

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

3

that is to say; so that means

6

to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)

1

erosion; corrosion

2

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

3

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

10

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

5

precisely because

4

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to be in focus; to come into focus

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

9

as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely

9

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

2

nothing but; except; no more than

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

2

condition; state (of health); appearance

1

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

3

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

to be too short

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

in that manner; like that

4

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

to look into; to peep into; to peer into

4

water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

3

as if it were about oneself

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

5

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

2

at least; at most; (even) just

3