jpdb beta

the present

1

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

1

passage; path; route; one's way

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

1

gun; cannon; artillery

7

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

3

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

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

1

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

2

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

4

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

2

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

1

charcoal; charred remains

2

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

2

open sea; Okinawa

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

3

small; little; tiny

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

will not do; do not; does not

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

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

adds force or indicates command

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

three people

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

2

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

3

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

helper; assistant; help

2

insensitive person

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1