jpdb beta

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

store; shop

1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

spy; secret agent

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)

2

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

1

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

1

to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

in succession; one by one

3

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

2

light; faint; pale; fleeting

3

honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee

2

delayed effect

1

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

1

neurotoxin; nerve poison

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

2

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

6

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

1

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

7

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

a throw; a fall

1

under cover of night

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

1

wooden cup

1

heavy rain

6

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

4

to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)

2

light rain; drizzle

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

2

twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

1

fog; mist; spray

2

drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)

1

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

7

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

1

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

1

newspaper

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