jpdb beta

back; behind; rear

3

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

freedom; liberty

2

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

to bear; to endure

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

large sword; long sword

3

lightly; easily; carelessly

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

5

swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

2

superhuman strength

1

with all one's strength; with all one's might

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

3

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

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

4

consideration; taking into account

4

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

3

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

2

strong; hard; manly

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

3

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

3

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

1

literally; to the letter; literal

2

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

25

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

4

technique; art; skill; move

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

fist

3

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

1

facing upward

4

ground; earth's surface

12

to collapse into; to flop onto

2

heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

3

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

10

animal

2

baby; infant

3

cage; pen; (jail) cell

5

light blue; pale blue; aqua

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

2

peddler; pedlar; hawker

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

2