jpdb beta

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

6

oh; ah; I'll be darned

2

relative; relation; kin

2

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

2

saliva; spit; sputum

4

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

5

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

1

birth-place; home town

1

be; is

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

3

to congratulate

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

1

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

1

strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person

2

the scruff or nape of the neck

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

sprint; dash; scampering

1

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

such; like that; in that way

1

relative; relation; kin

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

gasping; breathing heavily

2

exploitation; overuse; abuse

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

7

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

2

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

2

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

2

to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

3

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

act; deed; conduct

3

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

1

shyness; shame

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

2

to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down

1

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

5

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

3

to practice magic; to practise magic

3

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

3

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

to take out; to drag out

2