jpdb beta

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

beak; bill

3

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

3

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

6

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

2

to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

4

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

3

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

3

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

10

borderline; boundary

1

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

2

I; me; you; manservant

4

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

1

a certain ...; some ...

1

jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

3

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

7

heat haze; shimmer of hot air

5

Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

6

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

6

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

4

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

4

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

5

beyond that point; after that

2

finger; toe; digit

4

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

1

to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner

1

baby; infant

2

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

1

behind one's back

1

three-stringed guitar

1

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

3

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

5

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

5

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

9

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

11

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

11

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

2

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

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1