jpdb beta

emptiness; vacuum; blank

2

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

3

quickly; smoothly

3

forehead; brow

2

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

2

romanticist; romantic; dreamer

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

9

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

5

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

1

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

2

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

richness; fullness; lushness; body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); depth; weight

1

reply; response; answer

1

because of; owing to; due to

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

10

to grumble; to complain

1

in this way; like this

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

3

that's true; of course; obviously

4

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

1

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

1

sigh; long breath

4

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

1

with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly

1

stone statue

1

cheek

5

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

3

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

1

straight; upright; erect

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

1

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

place of destination

1

lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

1

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

the (four) limbs; arms and legs

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

Zito

1

wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric

2