jpdb beta

time; labour; labor

1

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

2

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

5

robust health; able-bodied

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

to be exhausted; to be worn out

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

8

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

stiff; starchy

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

2

thought; consideration; thinking

7

impossible

5

long time; long interval; for quite some time

2

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

2

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

6

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

5

indigo blue

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

3

to be common

2

by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible

1

to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

3

to let slip; to slide; to glide

2

step by step; by degrees

1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

3

one's mind

4

exaggeration

2

even if ...; even supposing that ...

1

riverbed

1

corrosion; etching; action of acid; rot; rust; erosion

1

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

1

to ooze (out); to seep

1

line; row; rank; list

1

to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

2

blood vessel; vein

2

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

3

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

3

hereabouts; around here

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

palm (of one's hand)

4

capture; seizure

2