jpdb beta

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

3

superiority; predominance

2

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

3

question; query

1

immediate reply

2

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

2

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

1

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

4

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

3

father

4

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

2

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

3

good health

2

long; (for a) long time

3

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

3

be; is

2

land near a castle; castle town

5

over one's shoulder

2

you

10

being startled

1

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

4

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

2

to compare with the eye

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

2

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

4

memory; sense; experience

2

lady; gentleman; person

1

who

2

to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows

1

to correct oneself; to restate

1

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

4

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

5

retreating figure; appearance from behind

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

5

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

15

(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

2

to die out; to become extinct

1

to survive

3

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

to grow old

1