jpdb beta

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

3

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

3

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

feel good (pleasant)

1

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

7

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

7

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

4

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

8

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

definite

1

chance meeting

2

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

7

each other; one another

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

2

duty; obligation

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

1

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

1

pilgrimage; pilgrim

1

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

Christian

1

school; sect; party

2

back gate

3

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

inside; within

2

tee-hee

1

to be excited; to be elated

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

3

hallway slippers; indoor shoes

7

right foot; right leg

2

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

1

to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left

1

sand; grit

2

faltering; hesitation

1

fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

1

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

gossip; corner of the mouth

2

(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

4

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2