jpdb beta

indignation; resentment

3

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

1

couch; bench; ottoman

3

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

consoling the spirits of the dead

1

place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

2

to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

2

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

3

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

4

squeak; creak

1

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

59

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

3

joints; points (of a speech)

3

to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

6

ebony

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

15

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

ex post facto report; report after the event

2

to feel depressed; to be down

1

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

1

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

rocket; locket

2

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

1

stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck

1

mental image; mental picture; image

8

to shake off; to throw off

1

funeral

3

Asura realm; scene of carnage

2

important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

1

hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

1

interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

3

instrumental duet; instrumental duo

1

asteroid

1

martial arts; military arts; Bushido

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

to wound; to murder

2

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

2

go-between (in marriage)

15

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

3

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

firmly, stubbornly

4

default

3

to hunger for love; to starve for love

1

small hill; low hill; hillock

1

bloated (esp. stomach); bulging; sticking out; gaping wide; caving in

1