jpdb beta

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

2

to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

7

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

14

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

3

servant; employee

1

back (of the body)

2

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

hating; strongly disliking

1

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

2

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

2

not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

2

article; item; thing; goods; wares

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

2

will not do; do not; does not

1

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

2

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

3

one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

5

what's the matter?

2

miso soup

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

because; since

9

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

6

to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

1

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

4

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

3

whereabouts; what part; how much; what point

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

1

preparation; arrangements

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

3

morning; breakfast

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

traveling expenses; travelling expenses

1

like that; so

2

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

5