jpdb beta

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

2

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

no; quit it; no way

1

lamp; light

1

chivalrous thief

4

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

Nezumikozoujirokichi

1

execution

1

four years

4

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

20

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

weaning ceremony

1

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

1

tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

forcibly; against one's will

1

how many years; how long; what year

3

weather

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

bad harvest; poor crop

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

7

middle

1

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

1

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

to suffer from hunger

1

farmer; peasant

2

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

2

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

2

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

4

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

kitchen; financial situation

1

okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu

3

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

(husked grains of) rice

2

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

2

fire; flame; blaze

2

moment to quit; way to quit

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2

cheap; economical

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1