jpdb beta

first knuckle joint

2

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

2

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

1

rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft

1

to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

4

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

3

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

2

visual

1

classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

11

dividing into four; quartering

2

foreign country

1

delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in

2

undercranking; fast motion

2

gleaming; shining; glistening

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

3

after a short pause

1

archaic smile

2

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

4

Buddhist art

2

so slight as to be all but non-existent

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

2

bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

1

effigy; likeness; portrait; statue

7

to serve God

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

2

up until now; as recently as the present

1

to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract

5

both knees

2

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

2

up in a tree; in the trees

8

to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

4

mango (Mangifera indica)

3

today; this day

2

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

favour; favor

1

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

1

oracle; revelation; divine message; tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk

1

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1

rule; regulation

1

writing in large letters

1

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

4

(courteous) invitation; call

6