jpdb beta

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

1

to shout at

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

4

early (days); initial stage; initial

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

feigning sleep

1

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

2

to feel a chill run down one's spine

1

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

3

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

3

playing house

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

7

Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche

1

(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

5

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

3

upper body

5

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

1

long trip

1

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

3

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

1

word; vocabulary

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

ancestor

1

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

1

long life

4

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

2

to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

6

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

5

rich in variety; diverse; wide-ranging; multifarious

1

to look down on; to make light of

2

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

to subsist; to keep on living

3