jpdb beta

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

7

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

7

how long; how far; how much

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

distance; range

15

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

2

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

to narrow; to contract

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

and then; after that

9

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

about when; about what time; how soon

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

to join hands (with)

4

abrupt; sudden

1

to not believe one's ears

1

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

4

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

8

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

16

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

9

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

state of emergency

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

7

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

8

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

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

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

way one walks; one's walk

2

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

further; above; anymore

13

each other; one another

3

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

5

store interior; inside of a shop

1

enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

1

Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)

1

mood

2

to make a lasting impression

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

4

sense of security

1

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

2

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

1