jpdb beta

prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary

2

prisoner; convict

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

2

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

appetite; distinction between what is thought and what is said

1

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)

1

patient in a serious condition; serious case

1

working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

3

to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)

3

sanctions; punishment

3

loser; the defeated

1

semi-invalid

1

Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

1

rudder; helm

1

interval between the waves; gap between waves

1

small boat

2

still; as yet; as it has been

8

to sit up

2

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

joke

1

fast asleep; dead to the world

2

being absorbed in reading

1

I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing

1

psychology

1

to concern; to be related

2

motive; incentive; motif

3

study of divination

1

sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan

1

intimacy; friendship

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence; (arch.) return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc.

1

miscellaneous expenses

1

management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

1

fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits

2

lacework

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)

1

chicken meat

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

4

egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood

1

sick person; patient; invalid

6

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

4

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

2

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

low voice; whisper

2

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

1

lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

1