jpdb beta

lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

32

mongrel; cur; mutt

1

to make known

3

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

21

chance; opportunity

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

5

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

2

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

2

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

16

war; fighting; fierce competition

4

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

23

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

flower garden

3

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

5

Imperial standard; (fig.) worthy cause

3

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

13

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

29

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

considerably; fairly; quite

2

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

4

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

21

because; as; since

5

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

2

to gather; to collect; to assemble

3

isn't that right?

17

now; the present time; just now; another; more

9

eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly

1

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

2

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

2

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

3

second-rate; inferior

1

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

value; worth; merit

1

3000; three thousand; many

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

5

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

9

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

5

amount of money; sum of money

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

2

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

4

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

1