jpdb beta

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

4

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

3

to start; to begin; to commence

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

3

not easy; not lenient

1

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

enlargement; increase

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

2

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

3

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

2

extensive; vast range; wide scope

3

detour; circumvention; turning movement

1

charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

2

fist

4

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

6

honey

3

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

3

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

3

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

to double

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

6

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1

brilliant red; scarlet

6

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

2

really; truly; indeed; good grief

4

old woman

1

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

12

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

scarlet; red

4

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

3

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

4

correction; rectification; mending; repair

2

squashed; crushed

3

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

to move around

1

second (unit of time); arc second

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1