jpdb beta

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

7

origin; beginning; start

1

earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

6

picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction

2

to increase; to multiply

4

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

exception

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

to burn out

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

5

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

6

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

2

with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

7

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

2

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

5

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

7

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

4

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

7

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

2

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

4

just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

1

to begin shooting; to shoot out

3

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

3

Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

2

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

2

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

2

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

10

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

8

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

3

semicircular canals (of the inner ear)

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

a few seconds; several seconds

1