jpdb beta

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

3

to wave one's hand

7

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

baby; infant

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

9

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

8

cooperation; collaboration

4

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

2

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

7

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

9

separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

4

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

1

opposite shore

1

another fief

1

local specialty; special product (of a region)

1

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

trade (foreign)

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

tax

1

common; usual

1

is not; am not; are not

3

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

4

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

2

good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

1

cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor

1

treating (someone) like an object

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

5

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

2

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

12

approach; approach shot

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

11

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

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

14

smile

2

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

3

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

6

entrance hall

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

banquet; dinner party

1

dining; dining room; meal

5

relatively; comparatively

3

public

1