jpdb beta

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

3

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

6

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

5

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

8

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

1

persuasion

4

immediate reply

1

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

4

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

7

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

1

little girl

36

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

2

children; juvenile

2

(another's) daughter; young lady

4

suffix for familiar person

5

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

3

troubled face; worried expression

2

frustration

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

3

to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish

1

(brute) force; using all one's might

3

feeling; sense; impression

6

does not seem (to be)

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

3

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

5

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

6

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

6

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

proposal; offer; request; application

3

warrant; summons; written order

5

joke; gag

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

4

paper

2

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

3

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

4

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage

7

suspicious character (person, figure)

2

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

2

that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

2