jpdb beta

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

3

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

1

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

1

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

being about to cry; the verge of tears

4

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

4

to decide; to determine

1

this person

2

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

looks; features

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

before long; even now

2

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

2

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

6

both eyes

3

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

apology

2

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

1

indoor; inside the room

5

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

to break down crying

1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

1

to get dry

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

4

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

3

outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

1

finger; toe; digit

4

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

origin; beginning

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

6

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

distant look; faraway look

1

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

2

goods; article; thing

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

3

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

raging fire; conflagration

2

like; as if; the same as

2

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

each other; one another

1