jpdb beta

lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

2

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

3

right beside; close to; nearby

2

emotional wall; internal barrier

1

to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

3

heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

natural (ability)

1

to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

1

study; pursuit of knowledge

1

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

3

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

3

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

2

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

3

mixed; mingled

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

6

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

sleep

1

to want; to desire

1

this morning

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

2

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

3

light; easy; non-serious; minor

2

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

spring breeze

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

3

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

2

amorous rumour (rumor); romantic gossip

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

both (people)

3

each other; one another

2

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

1

taking a wife

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

maybe; could be; might

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

5

family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

12

to be relieved of one's post

3

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

4