jpdb beta

imagination; supposition; guess

2

to talk; to speak

1

punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

1

decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

3

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

sediment; earth and sand

3

to roll up; to be rolled up

1

shotgun

1

throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock

1

wave crest; whitecaps

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

4

to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

above; going steadily upward

1

to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

2

no

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

2

to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back

3

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

5

to run up to; to rush over

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

shock wave

1

gust (of wind); blast

2

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

3

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

4

folding fan

1

river sand

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

bright red; crimson lotus flower

1

to pierce

1

oneself; myself

3

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

cries of pain

1

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1

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

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

2

river surface; surface of a river

2

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

4

raging stream; rapids

1

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

dozens; scores of; decades

3

mass; quality and quantity

1