jpdb beta

to revere; to respect; to worship

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

4

close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

offense; offence; crime; guilt; punishment

1

standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

1

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

3

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

2

sobbing

1

side of face

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

easygoing; unconventional; happy-go-lucky; light

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

5

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

3

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

2

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

1

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

2

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

3

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

curiously; strangely

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

3

roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

23

tooth eruption

1

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

2

spade; plough; plow

2

chatting; idle talk

2

prison gate

2

ideal; ideals

2

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

2

coffin; casket

20

wages; pay

1

hoe

2

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

4

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

1

(short) rest; breather; break

2

same crime; being equally guilty

2

lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

1

smoothly; swiftly

2

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1