jpdb beta

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

2

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

1

very small; tiny

1

mother

7

face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

5

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

1

180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)

1

technical; practical

1

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

1

to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

3

isn't it?; it really is

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

5

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

overwhelming

2

violence; mayhem

2

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

2

longevity; long life

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

4

in a good mood; cheerful

1

ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock

1

pore (of the skin)

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

end; conclusion

1

to change one's mind

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

2

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

4

jealousy; envy

1

to wield a spear

1

twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

1

site; point on a map; spot

1

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

6

drunkard

4

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

2

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

psycho

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

2

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

2