jpdb beta

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

older; senior

4

duty; role; function

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

2

(very) patient; persevering

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

2

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

younger brother and sister

10

to distribute; to hand out

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

father and mother; parents

1

disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!

5

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

7

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

to request earnestly

1

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

place of employment

1

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)

1

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

3

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

to become better; to improve

1

money

6

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

1

mother

4

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

to make an appearance

1

to backfire; to have a harmful result

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

2

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

1

old cloth; rag

1

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

2

excuse; explanation

2

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1