jpdb beta

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

1

registered

1

(very) beginning; start

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

forestall

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

2

feelings of guilt

9

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

3

cheap article; poor quality article

5

to do (for someone)

2

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

4

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

2

about when; about what time; how soon

7

birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding

1

butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom

1

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

5

to glance at; to glimpse

3

portion for two people

1

people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

3

embarrassed; ashamed

2

empty-handed

2

what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing

1

loving something but being very bad at it

1

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

2

in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste

4

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

2

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

2

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

1

has reached its limit; has reached its peak

1

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

white clouds

1

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

2

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

2

ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day

1

big catch (of fish); big haul

2

basket; basketball; basket cloth

2

foldable; collapsible

1

fishing line

6

fishing tackle

2

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

3

lure

1

wildlife

4

reel

6

per-capita division; division according to the number of people

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