jpdb beta

a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant

1

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse

5

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

loyalty; devotion

2

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

1

iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

1

mask; disguise; guise; mask

1

talk; recital; narration; topic

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree

1

falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

the place for; the time for; the level of

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

unfortunately; regrettably

2

doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

2

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

4

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

6

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

1

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

1

indignation; resentment

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

deceased; late; dead; departed

1

to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

1

older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

2

execution

5

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

5

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)

4

to feel ashamed

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

2

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

1

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

6

mother

3

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

shack; shanty; hut; barracks

2

restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

2

(younger) sister

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

1

to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

1