jpdb beta

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

1

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

1

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

how long; how far; how much

2

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

1

ill-mannered; rude

1

(dead) body; corpse; remains

4

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

2

stupefaction

1

reasonable; natural

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

4

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

yourself; himself; herself

1

to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

1

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

each; every

1

to take away; to carry away

3

thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living

1

edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)

5

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

to be hot on a person's heels

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

2

early in the morning

1

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

(wandering) minstrel; troubadour

1

telling a riddle

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

2

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

1

little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do

1

investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

discoverer

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to force open; to push open

1

brown; light brown; tawny

1

impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

1

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

2

gardener

9

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

2

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

2

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

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wariness

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naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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