jpdb beta

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

2

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

2

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

4

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

3

long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); (lit.) eel bed

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

garrison; guards

1

queer; odd; fantastic

2

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

4

London (UK)

2

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

3

exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

3

grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

1

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

companion; company; tritagonist

1

who?

1

weak; delicate; sickly

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

inn

4

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

alcohol; sake

3

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

2

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

4

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

1

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

1

leader; leading figure

1

faint smile

2

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

2

duty; role; function

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

height (of body); stature

4

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

2

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

1

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

3

being somewhat excited (agitated)

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

to catch

2

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

to have the nerve to

3

wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions

3

portrait; likeness

1

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1