jpdb beta

to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff

1

to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

2

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

1

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

1

arbitrary

2

low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

2

bleak; chilly; dreary

1

to extend; to expand; to spread out

1

all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

3

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

5

asking oneself

1

onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki)

1

to steal; to rob; to take away

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

4

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

to be thirsty

2

envy

4

to put one's life on the line

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

8

total lie; downright lie

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

vanity; vainglory

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

4

bright; intelligent

2

within one's means

1

to show one's affection; to express one's love

2

spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

1

stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

I pray; I wish

3

bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows

2

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

2

to look old; to get old

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

2

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

2

to change the position of

1

continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis

3

to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

1

scab; crust

5

still more; especially

1

unreality

1

beyond comparison; incomparable

2

unicellular organism; single-celled organism

1

reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis

4

(a) step forward

2

mentally strong; strong-willed

1

to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty

1

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

2

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

1