jpdb beta

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

2

substitute

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

3

to crouch; to squat; to cower

3

pet; trumpet

4

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

1

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

3

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

1

to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

to approach; to draw near

2

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

2

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

1

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

2

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

1

sadistic desires; sadistic feelings

2

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

3

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

5

to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)

1

whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

2

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

2

standardized article; standardised goods

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

3

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

3

ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

1

elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

9

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

1

even if I told you

1

in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless

4

older brother

2

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

55

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

2

wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

5

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

5

general idea; concept; notion

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

2

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

4

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)

3

second (unit of time); arc second

8

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1

facing upward

2

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

2

clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes

2

come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

8