jpdb beta

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

2

weakness

2

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

5

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

3

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

4

to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

2

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

2

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

3

review; rehearsal

1

throat; singing voice

3

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

4

after ages; posterity; future life; the next world

1

anecdote

2

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

2

chance meeting

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

1

prologue; preface

1

several days later

3

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

3

bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

2

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

divide into four pieces; one fourth

1

fish

2

small bones

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

fog; mist; spray

9

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

6

few days

5

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

6

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

5

drizzle; light rain

3

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

3

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

things; everything

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

8

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1