jpdb beta

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

3

essence; true nature; substance; reality

3

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

3

to grieve over; to mourn; to lament

2

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

shelving; pigeonholing

1

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

3

triumphant general

1

how much (long, far)

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

2

custom; habit; customary practice

3

gold coin

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

armaments; military preparations

1

to assign; to set aside

2

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

3

deposit; earnest money

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune

3

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

1

merits; distinguished services

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

5

ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

2

your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

3

good feeling; feeling good

3

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

2

ladder (in go)

2

negotiations; discussions; connection

5

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

2

impertinent

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

1

cut in price

1

complication; confusion; disorder

1

point of compromise; common ground

1

a number of days

3

fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire

1

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

2

gold dust

1

fool

3

etiquette; courtesy

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

4

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

4

bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

2

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

2