jpdb beta

to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

lover; sweetheart; mistress

1

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

damn kids

1

competition; rivalry; something worth doing

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

2

door; doorway

3

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

3

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

1

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

4

patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon

2

to go; to come

5

hair oil; hair cream

1

failure

1

fumbling; groping

1

to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)

6

a hard time; pains

1

big job; great task

2

helper; assistant; help

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

3

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

2

prickling; stinging; biting

1

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

to take someone's hand

2

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

4

to throw into

3

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business

1

living room (Japanese-style)

4

bedroom

1

bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)

4

privy; toilet

10

seniority; long service

4

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji

2

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

3

newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie

4

senior; old timer

1

lavatory; dressing room

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

4

trifles; minor details

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

1

sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

1

so much; so; like that

7

focus of one's attention; what one is looking for

2

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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