jpdb beta

number one; first; best; most; game; round

17

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

8

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

13

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

6

to pretend; to act (as if)

4

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

10

always; all the time

6

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

3

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

Kujō

12

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

1

to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

3

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

10

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

1

to talk; to speak

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

4

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

1

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

1

enumeration; citation; listing

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

no

10

rather; better; instead; if anything

8

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

10

to be worried; to be troubled

8

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

3

patient; persevering

2

to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

1

mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

3

use; utilization; utilisation; application

2

they; those guys

1

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

2

wrist

9

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

5

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

4

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

4

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

7

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

2

three people

13

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

3

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

1