jpdb beta

late at night; at a late hour

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

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

4

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

3

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

1

in the same way as; just like

1

to be thirsty

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

2

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

5

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

3

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

6

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

2

to become better; to improve

1

quest (esp. in role-playing games)

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

3

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

14

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

5

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

1

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

1

water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

4

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

2

to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

2

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

1

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

3

however; because; as

2

adventurer

5

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

3

to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

6

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

2

gilt; guilt; gilt-edged security; gilt

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

2

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

6

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

6

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

1

so much; so; like that

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

5

rank; standing

9

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

8

what is it?

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1