jpdb beta

cowardice; timidity; bashfulness

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye

1

fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

2

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

2

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

various reasons

1

to be

2

set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo

5

belly; abdomen; stomach

5

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

fate; chance

2

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

1

only; nothing but

2

stock; ski pole

1

at this rate

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

1

speech; expression; wording; language

2

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

3

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

pangs of conscience

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

selective system; system that offers choices

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

1

rape (Brassica rapa); common rape; cole; coleseed; coleseed greens

1

remarkably; noticeably

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

2

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

8

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

counter seat; seat at the counter

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

back; behind; rear

5

to hold something reverently with both hands

1

just before

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

elevation; high ground

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

4

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

3

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

something (or other)

3

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1