jpdb beta

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

5

right in half

2

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

1

puddle; pool of water

2

bounce; bound

5

muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

2

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

2

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

2

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

3

excuse; explanation

2

setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse

1

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

4

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

1

driving power

1

nothing but; except; no more than

1

muddy water; red-light district

2

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

repeatedly

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

a second time; again; once more; twice

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

continuation; succession; series; continuous

1

reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

2

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

4

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

2

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

to push (something) against

1

sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

horizontal; level; even

1

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

always; all the time

4

word for word; verbatim; literally

1

quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion

1

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

sense of security

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

4

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

3

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2