jpdb beta

the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

3

portion for two people

2

pen

1

long time

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

7

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

1

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

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

1

eldest

1

younger child

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

1

study group; study meeting

1

written request; request for ...; application for ...

3

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

passing the winter; hibernation

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

8

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

2

south side

1

to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

2

assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary

4

thicket; coppice; brushwood

1

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

12

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

2

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

3

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

3

front row

2

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

snoringly

1

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

2

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

2

smoke; fumes

7

disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters

7

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

10

extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

1