jpdb beta

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

4

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

6

so; like this; in this way

2

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

2

at times; occasionally

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

knowledge; information

2

three people

1

residence; mansion

7

angry roar; bellow

1

to raise (one's voice)

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

since; henceforth

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

3

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

1

construction site

9

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

9

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

5

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

2

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

19

passage; path; route; one's way

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

(raw) material

1

to carry in; to bring in

1

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

3

settlement; permanent residency

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

5

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

very interesting; of great interest

2

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

2

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

8

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

5

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

5

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

5

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

2

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

1

to burrow through; to dig through

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1