jpdb beta

ability; faculty

6

cooked rice; meal

2

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

4

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

4

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

3

without

1

to call together; to convene

3

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

reverse order; following a contrary path

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

2

not understanding; not knowing

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

3

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

4

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

1

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

1

money in one's possession

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

the latter

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

1

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

29

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful

1

sitting; stability

3

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

2

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

2

upturned eyes

1

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

portion for two people

2

tableware

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

2

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

in one's imagination

2

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1