jpdb beta

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

3

shut up!; be quiet!

1

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

1

back gate

3

to keep (a person) waiting

1

to go to meet somebody

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

2

isn't that right?

2

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

1

however; but

10

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

4

work; job; labor; work

8

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

1

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

2

kitchen; financial situation

1

subordinate work; assistant; servant

1

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

11

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

6

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

5

distant thunder

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

4

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

5

I; me; you; manservant

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

2

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

2

Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)

1

counter for people

5

to die

2

number; amount

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

1

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

8

to become; to amount to

3

forest; shrine grove

7

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

17

middle of the night; dead of night

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

3

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1