jpdb beta

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

3

(electric) torch; flashlight

3

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

1

end; close; termination

2

glancing (look)

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

4

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

4

to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

4

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

walking briskly; determinedly

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to thrust away; to send flying

1

van; truck; delivery van

1

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

3

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

with a thud

2

to stiffen; to become stiff

2

preserved foods

1

corner; nook; recess

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

outspoken; frank; candid

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

one edge; one end; one side

1

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

2

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

to leave open

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

darkness; the dark

5

sounds

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

4

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

2

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

10

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

3

legs and loins

1

to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

1

by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

1

somehow or other

1

narrow escape from death

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

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